2011 "Longing for the Divine" Calendar

L ONGING
for the
DIVINE
2011
award-winning calendar
andalusian arts

ANDALUSIAN ARTS
ANDALUSIAN ARTS presents its “Longing for the Divine” calendar for the 2011 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 Al-Noor Mosque, Buhaira Corniche, Sharjah, UAE © Sohail Nakhooda/Kalam Research & Media • All photographs are protected by the indicated copyrights • “Longing for the Divine”
© 2001–2011 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
Few things touch man to the
core of his being like a sense of
the Divine. A voice within each
of us tells us that beyond the veil of
ordinary perception there is something
which if found, would prove greater than
the sum of all things. In every revealed
religion there have been men and women
who focused upon this inner certitude
and made it grow through the means
vouchsafed them, until a light dawned
within them such as few ever see.
In the history of Islam, those who tread
the path of highest spiritual possibility
were many more than in any previous
religion. Revelation must speak to every
level of those to whom it is sent, and the
personal reality of each human being is not
merely a body, or a body with a mind; but
rather body, mind, and spirit, the subtle
entity within each of us that opens onto
the Divine. If the cultural imperium of the
present age has little to offer these higher
possibilities, the peace of body and mind
that comes by “submission” to highest
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
spiritual path was unprecedented in world
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
many as eighty percent of the people were
associated in some way or another with the
mystic orders, which had great influence
on all levels of society.
The light of finding this subtlety within
one and taking it in one’s hands and
proceeding to God—the purity of purpose
of those who sought, the illumination of
those who found—is reflected in almost
all traditional expressions of Islamic high
culture, from the simplicity and dignity of
its clothing, to the warmth of its interiors,
to the beauty of its calligraphy, to the
soaring heights of its mystic love poetry,
to the majesty of its mosques and public
works. The unity of all, perceptible to even
bystanders, is of the Oneness that inspired
it, a sea without shores of the divine
beauty, a sea without shores of the divine
perfection, a sea without shores of the
divine largesse.
Everything has a point that it bespeaks
and tends to, and in the Islamic vision
that point is Allah, the incomparable
One through whom all else exists; while
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-MMX © Nuh Ha Mim Keller

If you but step toward Him,
Swiftly
He comes to you running
prophetic tradition
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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20 21
22 23 24 25 26
New Year’s Day
2 3 4 5 6
27 28
29 1 2 3 4
Safar
10 11 12
5 6
13
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12 13
Martin Luther King Day
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21
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17 18
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Cairo, Egypt
© Radius Images /
Corbis
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JANUARY 2011
muharram/safar

Wasted, wasted, wasted
is the breath
that does not sing
the Name of the Divine
kabir
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30 31 1 2 3 4 5
26 27
28 29 30 1 2
Rabi‘ I
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10 11
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The Prophet’s Birthday
(Milad al-Nabi)
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Presidents Day
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Putrajaya, Malaysia
© Inmagine Asia / Corbis
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February
safar/Rabi‘ I

I offer to You
my sole possession
my vast emptiness
crying to be filled with You
unknown
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
27 28 1 2 3 4 5
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Rabi‘ II
14 15 16
8 9
Daylight Savings Time
Begins
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Xinjiang, China
© sam bloomberg-rissman /
Spaces Images / Corbis
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March
Rabi‘ I/Rabi‘ II

When the poor and needy come to you
know that your Lord
has honored you beyond measure
‘uthman ibn ‘affan
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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Good Friday
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Easter
Easter Monday (Canada)
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
© Gavin Hellier / JAI / Corbis
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April
Rabi‘ II/Jumada I

Take my hand
Dry, cracked, frail
Other than You
I have no refuge
‘abdallah ansari
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
27 28
29 1 2 3 4
Jumada II
8 9 10 11 12
5 6
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Mother's Day
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Victoria Day (Canada)
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Memorial Day
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Spring Bank Holiday
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Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
© Inmagine
Asia / Corbis
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May
Jumada I/Jumada II

Water seeks the thirsty
rumi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
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28 29 30 1 2
Rajab
10
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Father's Day
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Night Journey
(Al-Isra’ wal-Mi‘raj)
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Istanbul, Turkey
© Sohail Nakhooda /
Kalam Research & Media
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June
Jumada II/Rajab

Do a goodly act
and cast it in the river
The Divine will nurture it to bloom
in the driest of deserts
saidi
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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Canada Day Sha‘ban
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Independence Day
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Night of Salvation
(15th of Sha‘ban)
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Shah Alam,
Malaysia
© Inmagine Asia/
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July
Rajab/sha‘ban

A person heart-broken
by the pains of another
is the beloved
of the Beloved
zulfiqar
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
30 1
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Ramadan
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Shawwal
Night of Power
(Laylat al-Qadr)
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‘Eid al-Fitr
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
© Sohail Nakhooda
/ Kalam Research &
Media
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August
Ramadan/Shawwal

Face your difficulties
with patience
Fence in your blessings
with gratitude
imam ‘ali
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
28 29 30 31 1 2 3
28 29
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Labor Day
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Dhul Qa‘da
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© Feldman, Lauree / Index
Stock / Corbis
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September
Shawwal/Dhul Qa‘da

The man of wisdom
sells his soul
for Paradise alone
ibn hazm
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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27 28
29 30 1 2 3
First day to pre-order
2012 calendar
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4 5
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11 12
13 14 15 16 17
Columbus Day
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Yom Kippur
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Thanksgiving Day
(Canada)
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Last day to pre-order
2012 calendar
Dhul Hijja
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Dubai, UAE
© Sohail Nakhooda / Kalam
Research & Media
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October
Dhul Qa‘da/Dhul Hijja

Plunge into this vast Ocean
hold your breath
With certainty
your long-sought pearl will find you
junayd
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30 31 1 2 3 4 5
3 4
5 6 7 8 9
Day of ‘Arafat
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10 11
12 13 14 15 16
‘Eid al-Adha
Daylight Savings Time
Ends
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17
Veterans Day
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29 1
Thanksgiving
27 28 29 30 1 2
2 3
Bank Holiday (UK)
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26
Muharram
New Islamic Year
1433 ah
Boxing Day (Canada &
UK)
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9 10
6 7
11 12
Putrajaya, Malaysia
© Inmagine Asia/Corbis
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November
Dhul Hijja/muharram

A thousand candles
drowned and extinguished
Yet His Presence remains
unknown
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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Ashura
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Hanukkah
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Christmas
Safar
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New Year's Eve
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9 10
Sharjah, UAE
© Sohail Nakhooda /
Kalam Research & Media
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muharram/safar

Cairo, Egypt
© Radius Images /
Corbis
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Awards for “Longing for the Divine”
• Gold, Best Subject (Corporate)
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“beautifully designed and produced … visually compelling, and
the quotes inspiring”
— Rochelle Kessler, LA County Museum of Art
january • Cairo
february • Putrajaya
march • Xinjiang
“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
april • Bukhara
may • Kuala Lumpur
june • Istanbul
Following the runaway success of its
2010 calendar, Andalusian Arts proudly
presents the 2011 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 Junayd, Saidi, and Rumi…a colorful
glimpse into the living universe of
traditional Islamic spirituality.
If you but step toward Him,
Swiftly
He comes to you running
prophetic tradition
july • Shah Alam
augusT • Abu Dhabi
september • Jerusalem
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
20 26 21 27 22 28 23 29 24 30 25 31 26 1
New Year’s Day
27 2 28 3 29 4 1 5 2 6 3 4
Safar
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8
5 6 10 11 12
12 16 13 17 18 19
21
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17 18
19 23 20 24 25 26 27 28
13
9 7 8 9 10 11
Martin Luther King Day
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14
21 22 23 24 25
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22
29
26 30 27 31
UMMA will be launching new obstetric
and prenatal services to care for
pregnant women and their unborn
babies.
d e C e m B e r 2 0 1 0
f e B r u a r y
JANUARY 2011
muharram/safar
october • Dubai
november • Putrajaya
december • Sharjah
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