I have to present a poem I wrote about the beach along with music (no lyrics) what would be a good selection?

We have finally arrived at our beachside escape,
We get out of the car and view the dazzling ocean landscape,

The air is filled with a fragrance of strong sea salt,
The sun is sweltering while burning the black, charcoal asphalt,

My sister and I dash into the elegant and yellow ocean side beach home,
From the back you can see the creamy, ocean foam,

We go to the stunning beach with our towels and all,
Walking very briskly, hoping to stay until nightfall

The sand is luscious silk in between your toes,
Building castles, playing volleyball and taking many photos

Hearing other children playing in the distance,
While watching the opalescent ocean and its brilliance,

The pier, with its large wooden beams made to withstand the wrath of the powerful ocean,
Populated by ice cream vendors and eager little children both creating lots of commotion

Alot more......... cant fit it all





Answer :
if you know how to playguitar i would play a pattern of C-G-C-E with a strummin pattern of down down up down up and sing the song slow. example

[C]We have fin[G]ally arrived[C] at our beachside [E]escape,
We[C]get out [G]of the car and [C]view the dazzling ocean lands[E]cape,
The air[C] is filled with a [G]fragrance [C]of strong sea[E] salt,
The[C]sun is sweltering[G] while burn[C]ing the black, char[E]coal asphalt

if you dont play guitar get someone to play it for you or i could record the guitar parts and you could play that while you read the poem.

Ramadan:My hijabi sisters/brothers even?

Something I wanted to share with you....

The Flower vs. the Pearl

""""""ONE day, a brilliantly beautiful and fragrant flower with attractive colors met a pearl that lives far in the bottom of the sea and has none of these characteristics. Both got acquainted with each other.

The flower said:
"Our family is large; roses and daisies are members of the family. And there are many other species that are various and countless; each has a distinctive scent, appearance etc."

Suddenly, a tinge of distress appeared on the flower. "Nothing accounts for sorrow in your talk; so why are depressed?" The pearl asked.

"Human beings deal with us carelessly; they slight us. They don't grow us for our sake but to get pleasure from our fragrance and beautiful appearance. They throw us on the street or in the garbage can after we are dispossessed of the most valuable properties; brilliance and fragrance." The flower sighed.

And then the flower said to the pearl: "Speak to me about your life! How do you live? How do you feel it? You are buried in the bottom of the sea."

The pearl answered: "Although I have none of your distinctive colors and sweet scents, humans think I am precious. They do the impossible to procure me. They go on long journeys, dive deep in the seas searching for me. You might be astounded to know that the further I lay, the more beautiful and brilliant I become. That's what upraises my value in their thought. I live in a thick shell isolated in the dark seas. However, I'm happy and proud to be in a safe zone far from wanton and mischievous hands and still the humans consider me highly valuable."

Do you know what the flower and the pearl symbolize? Think, Think, Think... You will find that: The flower is the unveiled woman (who shows her charms) and the pearl is the veiled woman (who conceals her BEAUTIES). """"
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I hope to be a pearl soon too...I'd like to be a pearl at heart at most :)

Note that all flowers AND pearls don't go through the same thing...

That was for you sisters, hope you like it.

Wasalaam, Tinkerbell. :) :)





Answer :
Wa alaikum salam. Thank you for sharing a very nice story about the flowers and the pearls
I agree with you that muslim women who wear hijab/jilbab are like pearls and without hijab/jilbab are like flowers.
Isya allah all muslim women will be attractive pearls at the heart at most


Alhamdulillah, Yes thats true, a pure heart is the most important aspect for me :)

Everyone jazakallah khair for you answers.. and to those of you who have taught me somthing new too.
Much appreciated by Tinkerbell xxx





Answer :
Alhamdullilah

Brothers, here is something I heard from a sister once, ..so concise and to the point that it doesn't need any further comment:

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"A Man without a beard, is like a Lion without his mane."





Answer :
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can use this to protect my innocent friends who are abused or not, juz to give them a reminder that a true pure soul is a really hard to find! Not to reveal insecurities by acting nice and yet hiding a stinky, hideous, broken-self deep inside, and picking on others juz to get attention! May God protect us, ameen.





Answer :

Since you shared something this good with us.
I want to repay the favour by sharing something of similar benefits.

why hijab?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsXlBUiz…

Tribute to Marwa Sherbini martyr of Hijab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T6b5xfj8…

Answer By Ahmed Deedat-Nature of Men and wisdom - Veil/Hijab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW6gCzpd…

Khalid yasin tells the reason for muslim women to wear hijab:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkRZxd_v…

Watch them all.

learn the best way to turn the tables over.

The world is full of fasehood i.e. fitnah.

Hijab is the defence against all the oppressive forces that portray oscenity/vulgarity/profanity, as the 'cool/hot' thing to do.

The west has already classified us into 4 groups:
1. Fundamentalist.
2.Traditionalist
3.Secularists
4. Modernists.

Which of the above do YOU belong to?

I do not make this up.

You can read it in detail on this report:

Rand Civil democratic Islam
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_repor…

Hope i answered , returning the favour (with interest =)

May Allah guide us all to the rightful path.i.e. Islam, as mentioned in the Quran and explained by the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet PBUH.
Ameen.

Source(s):

Cool Fundamentalist.

The more we choose to evade the 'Islamic way of living', the more will be prone to fall prey to the fitnah of this world.





Answer :
The story might have made sense a hundred years ago but now in order to procure pearls today we deliberately hurt and abuse a living creature. Pearls are a symbol of pain, it is the oyster trying to get rid of sharp object piercing its flesh and today we deliberately put that object in to force it to make pearls. Surely today there is a better analogy then a pearl, because I'd associate it with pain and abuse.

Is Aquaventure (Atlantis, The Palm) Dubai, close to Port Rashid (Cruise Terminal)?

How long would it take in a taxi to go from Port Rashid, to Aquaventure (Atlantis the Palm) Dubai?
Would it be easier to go to Wild Wadi Water Park? How close is Wild Wadi to the Port Rashid?
Any idea how much would a taxi cost to go to Aquaventure and Wild Wadi from the Port?
Do you get a day pass to the parks? or isit just a couple of hours?
And what are the entrance fees to the waterparks?

Also you don't have to answer this (just a random question) onboard the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas (Dubai Cruise) is there a lot of Americans onboard or is the majority British?






Answer :
Wild Wadi is closer to Port Rashid compared to Aquaventure. But its just a 10-15 minutes drive from wild wadi to Aquaventure. From Port Rashid Via Sheikh Zayed Road it will take you around Dhs 50 and to aquaventure it will take you around Dhs 60-65. It takes around 30 minutes to be there in normal traffic conditions. If you take X 25 from the bus station towards Mina Al Siyahi, you can get down at Wild Wadi bus stop and it will take you around 45 minutes after you get into the bus. And if you plan to go Aquaventure, get down at the next stop from wild wadi and take a cab to aquaventure to a cab to the monorail and then the monorail. But taking a cab to aquaventure directly will be a bit cheaper compared to the monorail specially if you are more than 1 person.






Answer :
may be 30 or 40 minutes via Jumeirah road (lots of traffic lights) , it may be less thru SZR (longer route) but you could get stuck in highway traffic depending on time of day.
Next to port Rashid is Ghubaiba bus station , and you can just take the Sufouh bound bus , there is a bus stop in front of Wild Wadi. WW is not far from the Palm , but you need a car/bus to go between them. You can also reach the Atlantis Aquaventure by riding the Palm monorail from Nakheel building , which is where the Palm base starts. This building is just before the Royal mirage hotel on Sufouh road.

edit:
If you don't have any luggage you may simply take the metro feeder bus to Bur Juman (mall) underground station (few KMs from port Rashid) , and ride the metro going west to Mall of Emirates station (it will cost less than 6 AED for the whole leg), then from MOE station you can take cabs and buses going to either wild wadi or the Palm. You may actually want to go inside MOE first to check out the indoor Ski facility there. This way you see more stuff , go faster than the bus (which makes stops & slowed by traffic lights!), and pay less even.
If you choose to use the Palm monorail it costs 15 AED one way or 25 round trip to Atlantis. (each leg of the track is 6 KMs)