As 2009 comes to an end the new year of 2010 approaches and a new decade. The lasy year im sure for everyone had brought changes some for the better and some not so good but may Allah grant us all happiness and success in the new year of 2010 and indeed always.ameen.

the year of 2009 brought changes for me in more way than one. one progressing onto university, something which made my parents very happy lol 'their first child goes to uni', parents...may Allah have mercy upon them and give them happiness.mother and father most important people in my life and iA i will try harder not to forget << new years resolution ...maybe lol

So there I was clicking next on the random phrases thing.

And this came up:

A wise man makes his own decisions, a weak man obeys the public opinion.

- A Chinese proverb.

So...what are your thoughts on that?

I liked it...

"God leads astray those he will"

I was just thinking about that because of the Yazid topic.

So i researched it and found this site: http://unveilingislam.org/7God-notAstray7.html

It's pretty good, but i'll just take the best points and add my own.

“We sent not a messenger except (to teach) in the language of his (own) people, in order to
make (things) clear to them. So Allah leads astray those whom He pleases and guides whom
He pleases and He is exalted in power, full of wisdom.” (surah 14:4) page 31

Well the site says that it's actually been misinterpreted if we take that to mean that Allah leads some people purposefully away and that actually it's not about THAT but about finding people to have gone astray.

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Apparently this is the most listened to piece of classical music.

purely sketch again with tone but minus the pirate crossbones

pure sketching no wash effects

inspiration had american origins

experimenting with ink and wash here was at first a simple face but then added more tone and even more tone may have been ott but was just experimentation

used simple coloring pencils for this pic starting with basic sketch outline then adding more detail