2014 "Longing for the Divine" Calendar

Longing
for the
Divine
2014
a w a r d - w i n n i n g c a l e n d a r

ANDALUSIAN ARTS presents its award-winning 2014 Longing for the Divine calendar. In
a world where change is the norm, these aphorism-photo pairings suggest that some
things—like the quest for the Divine—are timeless. We hope that each month's display reflects
this sense of the Sacred wherever the calendar is exhibited.
ANDALUSIAN ARTS is a producer of print and gift items for both the Islamic corporate and retail markets. Our product line includes calendars, premium
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Averroes Academy (Chicago); The Marriott Hotel (Middle East); Astrolabe Islamic Media (N. Virginia); Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); and The Unity
Center (Greater Michigan).
Cover photo: Waqra © Lucie Debelkova • All photographs are protected by the indicated copyrights • “Longing for the Divine” © 2001–2013 Andalusian Arts, LLC
Produced by Mohamed Marei Designed by Sohail Nakhooda • Additional design by Maher Yusuf • 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
and 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
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
The blank space in the modern heart is a
God-shaped blank” –Julian Huxley
Within each of us is a faculty that quests for
something beyond itself. A colorful gallery
of psychiatrists, anthropologists, poets, and
others have reflected on this insistent urge
to grasp at something larger than our own
identity. For Muslims well-versed in the letter
and spirit of their tradition, this thirst has been
identified as the desire to know our Creator,
the Divine.
Allah—the Arabic word for God—hasn’t left
us to our own devices in this lifelong journey.
The task of all prophetic messengers from
Adam to Jesus to Muhammad (peace and
blessings upon them all) was two-fold: first,
to reveal or revive manners of conduct that
would bring us in harmony with the universe,
and second, to develop our hearts and souls so
that we may fall in love with Him: “My servant
approaches me with nothing more beloved to
Me than what I have made obligatory on him,
and My servant keeps drawing nearer to Me
with voluntary works until I love him. And
when I love him, I am his hearing with which
he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand
with which he seizes, and his foot with which
he walks. If he asks Me, I will surely give to
him, and if he seeks refuge in Me, I will surely
protect him.”
Some reflection points to the value of this
sacred tradition, words that convey an explicit
methodology for traversing the path. This,
among other things, underscores the Islamic
worldview: a practical prescription of how to
live a saintly life in the midst of a busy world,
exemplified in the person of the Prophet
(God bless him and give him pace). In a world
gone made with eighty-hour work weeks and
always-on communication, it is this call to
calm hearts and restore them to sanity that is
most needed.
There is an old tale of the sun and the wind
competing with one another as to who would
succeed in getting a young man to remove his
jacket. The wind blew and blew, all to no avail;
each violent puff, more insistent than the one
that preceded it, prompted the man to wrap
himself ever more tightly. The sun, on the other
hand, did what it does best: it simply smiled.
The coat came off immediately.
We are taught that Allah is beautiful, and that
He loves beauty. Throughout the fourteen
centuries of Islamic civilization, evidence
of this beauty has been amply evident: the
geometric pattern pained on the ceiling of
a mosque, the rhythmic motions of prayer
beads in saintly hands, or a lover absorbed in
prostration, where nothing matters except his
Beloved, his Lord.
The Prophet (God bless him and give
him peace) supplicated, “I ask You for
the longing to meet You,” and this singleminded
determination to transcend a life
of automation and routine is a high aspect
of the Prophetic Way. A traditional saying
approaches it from a slightly different angle:
“I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be
known, so I created the world that I may be
known.”
We journey seeking the Divine for no purpose
other than to fulfill destiny, for this longing
is the very purpose of creation. The path has
been paved and is well-worn. What remains is
to travel.
“And I hastened to You, my Lord, to please
You.” (Qur’an 20:84)

I was a hidden treasure
longing to be known
So I created all
that I may be known
sacred tradition
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30
26 27
29
1 2 3
28 31 1 2 3 4
New Year’s Day
Rabi‘ I
5
4 5
6
8 9 10
6 7
7 8 9 10
11
12
11 12
13
14 15 16 17
13 14
15 16
17
18
The Prophet’s Birthday
(Milad al-Nabi)
19
18 19
20
Martin Luther King
Day
21 22 23 24
20 21
22 23 24
25
25
Australia Day
26
27 28 29 30 31 1
27 28 30
1
26 29
Australia Day observed
2
2 3 4 5
3 4 5
Luxor
© Lucie Debelkova
DECEMBER 2013
FEBRUARY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
2
3
4
5
6
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8
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
29
30
31
23
24
25
26
27
28
JANUARY 2014
safar/Rabi‘ I

O Beloved
Any pangs of hunger you stir
can only end in a feast
ansari
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
27
25 26
27
28 29 30 1
26 28 29 30 31 1
Rabi‘ II
2
2
3 4 5 6 7
3 4
5 6 7 8
8
9
9
12
14
10 11
13
10 11
12 13 14 15
15
16
16
17 19 20 21
17 18
18 19 20 21
22
22
Presidents Day
23
23
24 25 26 27 28 1
24 25
26 27 28 29
1
2
2 3
4 5
3 4
Sharjah
© Sohail Nakhooda
JANUARY
MARCH
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
1
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
13
14
15
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18
9
10
11
12
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19
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21
22
23
24
25
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
26
27
28
29
30
31
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
February
Rabi‘ II

Beyond the desolation of forgetfulness
lies the intimacy of remembrance
hiri
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
24
23 24
25
26 27 28 29
23 25 26 27 28 1
1
Jumada I
2
3 4 5 6 7
2 3
4 5 6 7
8
8
9
Daylight Savings Time
begins
11 12 13
9 10
14
10 11 12 13 14
15
15
16
17 19 20 21
16 17
18 18 19 20
21
22
22
23
24 25 26 27 28 29
23 24
25 26 27 28
29
30
30 31
1 2
1 2
Abu Dhabi
© Sohail Nakhooda
FEBRUARY
APRIL
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1
1 2 3 4 5
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
6
7
8
9
10
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12
9
10
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20
21
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23
24
25
26
23
24
25
26
27
28
27
28
29
30
March
Rabi‘ II/Jumada I

The only sure guide to the Beloved
is the Beloved Himself
kalabadhi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30 31
2
29 30
1 2
3
4 5
Jumada II
1 3 4 5
6 7
6 7
8 9 10 11 12
8 9
10
11 12
13 13
14
14
15 16 17 18
16
17
18 19
15 19
Passover
Good Friday (Canada,
UK, Australia)
20
20
21
21
22 24 25 26
24
25 26
23
22 23
Easter
Easter Monday
(Canada, Australia)
Anzac Day (Australia)
27 27
28
28
29 1 2 3
2
3 4
30
29 1
Rajab
5
4
6
5
6 7
7 8
Waqra
© Lucie Debelkova
MARCH
MAY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1
1 2 3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
9
10
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12
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15
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22
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
30
31
April
Jumada II/Rajab

The utter joy of the drop
is to dissolve in the Ocean
ghazali
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30 1 2 3
27
28
29 1
2 3 4
27
28
5 4
6
5
6 7 8 9 10
7 8
9 10 11
Early May Bank
Holiday (UK)
12
11
13
12
15
13 14 16
14 15
16 17 18
17
Mother’s Day
19
18
20
19
Victoria Day (Canada)
22
20 21 23 24
21 22
23 24
25
26
25
Night Journey
(Al-Isra’ wal-Mi‘raj)
3 1
27
Memorial Day
26
Spring Bank Holiday
(UK)
4 2
27 28 29 30
28 29
3 4
5 6
30 1 2
Sur
© Lucie Debelkova
Sha‘ban
31
APRIL
JUNE
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
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
27 28 29 30
29 30
May
Rajab/sha‘ban

In the market
valley
and mountain
I beheld only the Divine
ibn bakuya
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
3 4 5 6 7
3 4
5 6
7 8 9
1 2
8
10 11
9
12
10 11
13
12 13
14 15 16
Night of Salvation
(15 th of Sha‘ban)
14
15
17 18
Father’s Day
16
19
17 18 20 21
19 20
21 22
23
22
24 25
23
24 25 26 27
26 27
28 29 1
Ramadan
28
29
2 3
30
4 1
5
2
6
3
7 8
4 5
9
6
10
7
8 9
11 12
Dubai
© Sohail Nakhooda
MAY
JULY
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3
1 2 3 4 5
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
27
28
29
30
31
June
sha‘ban/Ramadan

You are the sole companion of my heart
rabia
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1 2 3 4 5
2 3
4
5
6 7 8
29
30
Canada Day
Independence Day
9
6
10 7
8 9 10 11 12
11 12
13 14 15
16
13
17
14
17
15 16 18
18 19
20 21 22
19
23
20
24
21
24
22 23 25 26
25 26
27 28
29
Night of Power
(Laylat al-Qadr)
30
27
1
28
29 30 31 1
2 3
4 5 6
2
Shawwal
‘Eid al-Fitr
7
3 8 4
5 6
9 10
JUNE
AUGUST
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Tunis
© Lucie Debelkova
29
30
24
31
25
26
27
28
29
30
July
Ramadan/Shawwal

Your ego is the roadblock
Rise above yourself
and witness wonders
hafiz
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30 31 1 2
30
1
2 3
4 5 6
27
28
7 8
3 4
5 6 7 8 9
9 10
11 12 13
10
14 15
11
14
12 13 15
16 17
18 19 20
16
17
21 22
18
21
19 20 22 23
23 24
25 26
27
24
28 29
25
26 27 28 29
30 1
Dhul Qa‘da
2 3 4
30
5
31
6 1
2 3
7 8
Rustaq
© Lucie Debelkova
JULY
SEPTEMBER
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
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
27
28
29
30
31
28
29
30
August
Shawwal/Dhul Qa‘da

Through your deepest wound
Light enters
rumi
5
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
6
7 8
9 10 11
Labor Day
7
12 13
8
11
9 10 12
14 15
16 17 18
13
14
19 20
15
16 18 19
21 22
17 23 24
25
20
21
26 27
22
23 24 25 26
28 29
1 2 3
Dhul Hijja
27
4 5
28 29 30
6
7
1
2 3 4
8 9 10
11
5
12
6
7 8
13 14
Agra
© Lucie Debelkova
AUGUST
OCTOBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2
1 2 3 4
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
26
27
28
29
30
31
31
September
Dhul Qa‘da/Dhul Hijja

In the quieting of the ego
lies the life of the heart
imam ja’far
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30 1 2 3 4
5
6 7
8 9 10
28 29
4
Day of ‘Arafat
‘Eid al-Adha
Yom Kippur
11 12
5 6
7 8 9 10 11
13 14
15 16 17
12
18 19
13
16
14 15 17
20 21
22 23 24
18
Columbus Day
19
25 26
Thanksgiving Day
(Canada)
20
21 22 23 24
27 28
29 30
1
Muharram
25
New Islamic Year
1436 ah
26
2 3
27
28 29 30 31
4 5
6 7 8
1
2
9 10
3
4 5
11 12
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
1
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
28
29
30
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
October
Dhul Hijja/muharram

Be like the river in charity
the sun in affection
and the earth in hospitality
chisti
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
28 29 30 31 1
3
4 5
6 7 8
26 27
2
9 10
Daylight Savings Time
ends
2 3
Ashura
4 5 6 7 8
11 12
13 14 15
9
16 17
10
13
11 12 14
18 19
20 21 22
15
Veterans Day
16
23 24
17
18 19 20 21
25 26
27 28
29
22
23
1 2
Safar
24
25 26 27 28
3 4
5 6 7
Thanksgiving
29
30
8 9
1
2 3
10 11
Tripoli
© Sohail Nakhooda
OCTOBER
DECEMBER
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5 6
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
26
27
28
29
30
31
28
29
30
31
November
muharram/safar

For the timeless Water
never abandon your search
though you be parched and broken
Behold!
The overflowing Spring is at hand
rumi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1
9 11
12 13 14
8 30
10 2 3 4 5 6
7
15 16
8
11
9 10 12
17 18
19 20 21
13
14
22 23
15
16 17 18 19
24 25
26 27
28
20
Hanukkah
21
29 30
22
23 24 25 26
1 2
Rabi‘ I
3 4 5
Christmas
Boxing Day (Canada,
UK, Australia)
27
6 7
28 29 30 31
8 9
New Year’s Eve
1 2 3
10 11 12
13
4
14
5
6 7
15 16
Kota Kinabalu
© Lucie Debelkova
NOVEMBER
JANUARY 2015
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1
1 2 3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
30
December
safar/Rabi‘ I

Luxor
© Lucie Debelkova
s m t w t f s s m t w t f s
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
29 30 31
23 24 25 26 27 28
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breathtaking beauty and tranquility that typifies
traditional Islam” — S. A. Schleifer, Director,
Adham Center, American University in Cairo
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photographs … peace comes to me”
— Pamela Nice, Associate Director, Center for
Faculty Development, University of St. Thomas
Following the runaway success of its
2013 calendar, Andalusian Arts proudly
presents the 2014 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
Ghazali, Rumi and Chisti… a colorful
glimpse into the living universe of
traditional Islamic spirituality.
I was a hidden treasure
longing to be known
So I created all
that I may be known
sacred tradition
july • Tunis
augusT • Rustaq
september • Agra
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
26 29 27 30
29
1 2 3
5
4 5
28 31 1 2 3 4
New Year’s Day Rabi‘ I
6 6 7 8 9 10
7 8 9 10
11
12
11 12
19
18 19
The Prophet’s Birthday
(Milad al-Nabi)
Martin Luther King
Day
13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17
20 20 21 21 22 23 24
22 23 24
17
18
25
25
26
Australia Day
Australia Day observed
27 28 29 30 31 1
27 30
28 1
26 29
2
2 3 4 5
3 4 5
deC emB er 2013
feB ruary
JANUARY 2014
safar/Rabi‘ I
october • Abu Dhabi
november • Tripoli
december • Kota Kinabalu
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