2013 "Longing for the Divine" Calendar

2013
award-winning calendar
by andalusian arts
Longing
for the
Divine

ANDALUSIAN ARTS
ANDALUSIAN ARTS presents its “Longing for the Divine” calendar for the 2012 year.
Coupling the words of scholar-saints who lived what they preached with images captured by
world-renowned photographers, we have attempted to share expressions of beauty inspired
by the Islamic ethos. In a world where change is the norm, these carefully selected word-photo
pairings argue quietly but convincingly that the quest for the Divine is timeless. It is our fervent
hope that each month's display introduces this sense of the Sacred in every place the calendar
is exhibited.
ANDALUSIAN ARTS is a designer and producer of print and gift items for both the Islamic corporate and retail markets. Our product line includes calendars
(wall, desktop, or pocket), premium greeting cards, and commissioned prints. We offer customized product designs to embassies, corporations, and non-profits;
our products have been successfully used as fundraisers, purchase incentives, patron appreciation for non-profits, corporate giveaways, and as a component of a
larger company branding strategy.
Our clientele/partners/retailers include: Borders Bookstores Inc.; Calendars.com; Partners West; TNT; Islamic Relief (Los Angeles, London, and South Africa);
Intercontinental Hotel (Middle East); Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (London); UMMA Community Clinic (Los Angeles); Averroes Academy (Chicago);
Marriott Hotel (Middle East); Astrolabe Islamic Media (N. Virginia); Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); and The Unity Center (Greater Michigan).
Cover photo of Dhalkut, Oman © Lucie Debelkova • All photographs are protected by the indicated copyrights • “Longing for the Divine” © 2001–2012 Andalusian Arts, LLC • Produced by Mohamed Marei •
Designed by Sohail Nakhooda • Additional design by Maher Yusuf • Preface © Nuh Ha Mim Keller • Special thanks to Hani Samman, Omar Samman, Zeina Shahzada, Nidal Al-Qudairi, Imad Nimer, and
Hassan and Laila Marei • Islamic dates used throughout the calendar are based on the Umm-ul-Qura calendar, which has been accepted by the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), the Islamic Society of
North America (ISNA), and the European Council for Fatwa & Research (ECFR) • Holidays are based on data provided by Khalid Shaukat’s moonsighting.com • Due to the nature of lunar calendars, actual
dates may vary by one and, rarely, two days.

Longing for the Divine
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11 12
13 14 15 16 17
Few things touch man to the
many as eighty percent of the people were
core of his being like a sense of
associated in some way or another with the
the Divine. A voice within each
mystic orders, which had great influence
of us tells us that beyond the veil of
on all levels of society.
ordinary perception there is something
The light of finding this subtlety within
which if found, would prove greater than
one and taking it in one’s hands and
the sum of all things. In every revealed
proceeding to God—the purity of purpose
religion there have been men and women
of those who sought, the illumination of
who focused upon this inner certitude
those who found—is reflected in almost
and made it grow through the means
all traditional expressions of Islamic high
vouchsafed them, until a light dawned
culture, from the simplicity and dignity of
within them such
27as few ever see.
27 27 27 27
its clothing, to the
27
warmth of its interiors,
27
11In the history of Islam, 12 those who tread 13 14 15 to the 16 beauty of its calligraphy, 17 to the
the path of highest spiritual possibility
soaring heights of its mystic love poetry,
were many more than in any previous
to the majesty of its mosques and public
religion. Revelation must speak to every
works. The unity of all, perceptible to even
level of those to whom it is sent, and the
bystanders, is of the Oneness that inspired
personal reality
27
of each human being
27
is not
27 27 27
it, a sea without
27
shores of the divine
27
merely 11 a body, or a body 12 with a mind; but 13 14 15 beauty, 16 a sea without shores 17 of the divine
rather body, mind, and spirit, the subtle
perfection, a sea without shores of the
entity within each of us that opens onto
divine largesse.
the Divine. If the cultural imperium of the
Everything has a point that it bespeaks
present age has little to offer these higher
and tends to, and in the Islamic vision
possibilities, the
27
peace of body and
27
mind
27 27 27
that point is Allah,
27
the incomparable
27
that
11
comes by “submission”
12
to highest
One through whom all else exists; while
13 14 15 16 17
reality, the fundamental sense of the word
Islam, has freed and continues to free the
spirit of many to ascend.
The mystical flowering of Islamic orders
or tariqas of those dedicated to Allah and a
27 27 27 27
spiritual path was unprecedented in world
11 12
13 14
history. They were not mere collectivities
of worshippers, but men and women who
while living in the world were actively
engaged in the sapiential dawning of the
Divine Presence in the heart, defined by
the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him
peace) as “to worship God as though you
see Him.” Though less in the modern day,
in previous Muslim times and lands as
the beginning of wisdom is realizing
that one only is through the One Who
Is. If the beauty of the scenes within this
calendar—marking the passage of months
of our mortal lives—awakens a sense of
the Oneness experienced by the sages
whose words are translated here, it is surely
a glimpse of the light that can never be put
out, the light of finding one’s way back
through the discordance of the finite to the
limitless serenity of the Infinite. This is the
spirit of an Islamic art calendar, or to put it
more simply, the spirit of Islam.
MMIV-MMXII © Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Toil
do not rest
Your last breath is a floodgate
and behind it are torrents of blessings
rumi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30
17 19
20 21 22 23
18 31 1 2 3 4
New Year’s Day
5
24
6
8 9 10
25 26
11
7 27 28 29 30
12
1
Rabi‘ I
13
14 15 16 17
2 3
18
4 5 6
7
19
8
20
21 22 23 24 25 26
9 10
11 12 13 14
Martin Luther King Day
The Prophet’s Birthday
(Milad al-Nabi)
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
16 17 19
20 21
15 18
3 4 5 6
23 25
22 24
Marrakesh
© Lucie Debelkova
DECEMBER 2012
FEBRUARY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
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28
1
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15
22
2
9
16
23
JANUARY 2013
safar/Rabi‘ I

Each night
there is a sacred hour
in which the bounties of this world and the next
shower the seeker
prophetic tradition
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
15 16
17 18 19 20 21
3 4 5 6 7
22 23
24 25 26 27 28
8
9
12
10 11 13
29 1
2 3 4 5 6
Rabi‘ II
14
17 19 20 21
7 8
Presidents Day
15
18 9 10 11
12 13
22
24 25 26 27 28 1
14 15
16 17 18 19 20
16
23
2
3 4
21 22
5 6
23 24
Dubai
© Sohail Nakhooda
JANUARY
MARCH
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
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February
Rabi‘ I/Rabi‘ II

The sun never tells the earth,
“You owe me.”
Her selfless love
illuminates the sky
hafiz
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
24 25 26 27 28 1 2
14 15
16 17 18 19 20
3 4 5 6 7
21 22
23 24 25 26 27
8
9
12
10 11 13
15
28 29
30 1 2 3 4
Jumada I
Daylight Savings Time
Begins
14
17 19 20 21
5 6
18 7 8 9
10 11
22
16
23
24 25 26 27 28 29
12 13
14 15 16 17 18
Good Friday
(UK / Canada)
30
31 1
19 20
2 3
21 22
FEBRUARY
APRIL
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
Easter
3
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Hadramout
© Lucie Debelkova
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March
Rabi‘ II/Jumada I

Simple kindness
offered discreetly
radiates with purity
imam ‘ali
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
31
2
19 20 21
22
23 24 25
Easter Monday
(UK / Canada)
1 3 4 5 6
26
7
8 9 10 11 12 13
27 28
29
1 2 3
Jumada II
4
14
16 17 18 19
5 6
7
15 8 9 10
20
11
21
25
22 23 24 26 27
12 13
14
15 16
17
18
28
29 1 2 3
21
30
19 20
22 23 24
4
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7 8
27 28
Chellah ©
Alexandre
Baron
MARCH
MAY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2
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April
Jumada I/Jumada II

Heal your illness
through charity
imam sadiq
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30 1 2 3 4
18
19 20
21 22 23 24
28
25
5
6 7 8 9 10
26 27
28 29 30 1
11
Early May Bank Holiday
(UK)
Rajab
2
12
14 15 16
3 4
17
13 5 6 7 8
18
Mother’s Day
9
19
20 22 23 24
10 11
21 12 13 14
15
25
Victoria Day (Canada)
16
26
27 28 29 30 31 1
17 18
19 20 21 22
Memorial Day
Spring Bank Holiday
(UK)
2
3
23 24
4 5
25 26
Kuala Lumpur
© Lucie
Debelkova
APRIL
JUNE
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
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30
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May
Jumada II/Rajab

Words from the heart
penetrate other hearts
Words from the tongue
pass not beyond ears
suhrawardi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
26
16 18
19 20 21 22
17 27 28 29 30 31 1
23
2
3 4 5 6 7
24 25
26 27 28 29
8
Night Journey
(Al-Isra’ wal-Mi‘raj)
30
9
11 12 13
1 2
Sha‘ban
14
10 3 4 5 6
15
7
16
17 19 20 21
8 9
18 10 11 12
13
22
Father’s Day
14
Night of Salvation
(15 th of Sha‘ban)
23
24 25 26 27 28 29
15 16
17 18 19 20
21
30
22
1
2 3
23 24
Tripoli
© Sohail Nakhooda
MAY
JULY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5 6
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June
Rajab/sha‘ban

I never knew
that the Beloved
too
desires us
rumi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
21 22
23
24 25 26 27
30
Canada Day
Independence Day
28 7
8 9 10 11 12
29 1
2 3 4 5
Ramadan
13
6
14
16 17 18
7 8
19
15 9 10 11 12
20
13
21
22 24 25 26
14 15
23 16 17 18
19
27
20
28
29 30 31 1 2 3
21 22
23 24 25 26
4 5
27 28
6 7
29 30
Qasr al Sarab
© Sohail Nakhooda
JUNE
AUGUST
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
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July
sha‘ban/Ramadan

The Beloved elevates the one
who humbles himself
boutchichi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30 31 1 2 3
20
21 22
23 24 25 26
28
Night of Power
(Laylat al-Qadr)
27
4
5 6 7 8 9
28 29
30 1 2 3
10
Shawwal
‘Eid al-Fitr
4
11
13 14 15
5 6
16
12 7 8 9 10
17
11
18
19 21 22 23
12 13
20 14 15 16
17
24
18
25
26 27 28 29 30 31
19 20
21 22 23 24
Summer Bank Holiday
(UK)
1 2
25 26
3 4
27 28
Casablanca
© Lucie Debelkova
JULY
SEPTEMBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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August
Ramadan/Shawwal

Labor Day
Enlightenment
is neither won nor earned
but rather gifted
from Above
fayturi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
25
26 27
28 29 30 1
Dhul Qa‘da
7
2
8
10 11 12
3 4
13
9 5 6 7 8
14
9
15
16 18 19
10 11
17 12 13 14
15
20
21
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22
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17 18
19 20 21 22
23
29
24 30
25
1
2 3 4 5
26 27 28 29
1
6
2
7
8 9
3 4
Kashan
© Lucie Debelkova
AUGUST
OCTOBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3
1 2 3 4 5
4
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September
Shawwal/Dhul Qa‘da

All that is tender
is beautiful
prophetic tradition
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29
23 25
26 27 28 29
24 30 1 2 3 4 5
1
6
7 8 9 10 11
2 3
4 5 6 7
12
Dhul Hijja
8
13
15 16 17
9 10
18
14 11 12 13 14
19
Day of ‘Arafat
‘Eid al-Adha
Columbus Day
15
20
Thanksgiving Day
(Canada)
21 22 23 24
16 17
25
18 19 20
21
26
22
27
28 29 30 31 1 2
23 24
25 26 27 28
29
3
1
4
4 5
2 3
Abu Dhabi
© Sohail Nakhooda
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2
8
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12
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14
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October
Dhul Qa‘da/Dhul Hijja

Call on your Lord
with humility
and in solitude
qur’an 7:55
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
27
22 24
25 26 27 28
23 28 29 30 31 1 2
29
3
Daylight Savings Time
ends
4 5 6 7 8
1 2
3 4 5 6
Muharram
Guy Fawkes Day (UK)
9
New Islamic Year
1435 ah
7
10
12 13 14
8 9
15
11 10 11 12 13
16
Veterans Day
Ashura
14
17
18 19 20 21
15 16
22
17 18 19
20
23
21
24
25 26 27 28 29 30
22 23
24 25 26 27
Thanksgiving
Hanukkah
28
1
29
2
3 4
30 1
Shiraz
© Lucie Debelkova
OCTOBER
DECEMBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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November
Dhul Hijja/muharram

Who is man
but a reflection of the Everlasting
jami
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1
28 30
1 2 3 4
29 2 3 4 5 6
Safar
7
5
8
10 11 12
6 7
13
9 8 9 10 11
14
12
15
16 17 18 19
13 14
20
15 16 17
18
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19
22
23 24 25 26 27 28
20 21
22 23 24 25
Christmas
Boxing Day
(UK / Canada)
26
29
30 31
27 28
1 2 3
29 1 2
3
4
New Year’s Eve
4
5
5
6
7 8
6 7
Sharjah
© Sohail Nakhooda
NOVEMBER
JANUARY 2014
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
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December
muharram/safar

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
Marrakesh
© Lucie Debelkova
s m t w t f s s m t w t f s
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1 2
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2003-2008 Calendar Marketing Association
Awards for “Longing for the Divine”
• Gold, Best Subject (Corporate)
• Gold, Best Subject (Customized)
• Gold (2x), Best Finishing Technical Achievement
• Silver, Best Subject (Retail)
• Silver, Best Non-Profit (Customized)
• Bronze, Best Typography
• Bronze, Best Color Separations
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— Rochelle Kessler, LA County Museum of Art
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may • Kuala Lumpur
june • Tripoli
“a calendar that will lift your heart and open your mind”
— Robert Arndt, Editor, Aramco World
“this exquisite and elegant calendar reminds us of the
breathtaking beauty and tranquility that typifies
traditional Islam” — S. A. Schleifer, Director,
Adham Center, American University in Cairo
“I am not a Muslim; but as I gaze on these beautiful
photographs … peace comes to me”
— Pamela Nice, Associate Director, Center for
Faculty Development, University of St. Thomas
Following the runaway success of its
2011 calendar, Andalusian Arts proudly
presents the 2012 edition: Twelve
stunning images captured by world-class
photographers of the spiritual tapestry
of the Muslim work, coupled with the
wisdom-words of scholar-saints such as
Imam ‘Ali, Saidlani, and Rumi …
a colorful glimpse into the living universe
of traditional Islamic spirituality.
17 30
Toil
do not rest
Your last breath is a floodgate
and behind it are torrents of blessings
rumi
18 31 19 1 20 2 21 3 22 4 23
New Year’s Day
5
july • Qasr al Sarab
augusT • Casablanca
september • Kashan
24
6
25 7 26 8 27 28 10 29 30
9
11
12
1
Rabi‘ I
13 2 14 3 15 16 17
18
4 5 6
7
19
8
20 9 21 10 22 23 24 25 26
11 12 13 14
Martin Luther King Day
The Prophet’s Birthday
(Milad al-Nabi)
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
16 19
17 20 21
15 18
3 4 5 6
23 25
22 24
deC emB er 2012
feB ruary
JANUARY 2013
safar/Rabi‘ I
october • Abu Dhabi
november • Shiraz
december • Sharjah
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