The Qu'ran has many references to gardens and the garden is used as an earthly analogue for the life in paradise which is promised to believers.
Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of all is Allah's goodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement (Qu'ran 9.72)
There are surviving Islamic gardens in a wide zone extending from Spain and Morocco in the west to India in the east. Famous Islamic gardens include the grounds of Taj Mahal in India and the Generalife gardens in Spain.
The general theme of a traditional Islamic garden is water and shade, not surprisingly since Islam came from and is generally spread in such a hot and arid climate. Four water canals typically carry water into a central pool or fountain, the four streams symbolizing the four main elements of life. The four streams may also be interpreted as the four rivers in paradise, filled with milk, honey, wine and water. Such a four-fold garden is also called a chahar-bagh.
The Islamic notion of paradise included water, shade, flowers and fruit trees such as dates and pomegranates. It was an enclosed garden, shutting out the harshness of the surrounding landscape.The basic form of an Islamic garden is based upon intersecting canals forming four quadrants.
These gardens portray images of paradise.
There are few elements entitled in arranging an Islamic Garden.Some of it are:
Water Channel
In Iran, Pakistan and India, water channels are often lined with many small fountains in a straight line throwing up crystal clear water. There can be large numbers of these small fountains in a garden.
Water channels are always straight and quite shallow and often tiled in turquoise or jade colours.
There may be little bridges across water channels. Or sometimes square stone blocks are used as stepping stones. 
Paths and Avenue
Paths run on both sides of water channels. Often they are slightly raised.If it’s a large garden, there may be an avenue of tall trees along the outside of each path, shading strollers from the sun.
Pergolas, where plants are trained on arches to grow overhead over paths, are not especially common. But they are sometimes found in Islamic gardens.Paths are paved in some form of attractive geometric pattern. Sometimes these patterns – in tile, brick, cobbles or pebbles – are elaborate . Beautiful paving patterns, both in buildings and outside them, are important in Islamic countries. At the Alhambra there are so many different patterns of floor tile that they have been used for a ‘Find the Pairs’ card game.
Pools
These are always a regular geometric shape – never like a natural pool. Most common are octagons, rectangles and eight-pointed star shapes. But ten and twelve sided polygons and six, ten and twelve pointed stars are also used.Sometimes pools include curved shapes but these are regular and symmetrical.
Fountains
An important thing about Islamic gardens is that they use many small fountains rather than a few big ones. Give an Islamic gardener some extra waterpower for fountains and they would use it for some more small fountains rather than make their existing fountains rise higher. Islamic gardens do not use giant single fountains like those often found in grand European gardens. Also, they never use human statues, like those in Italian Renaissance fountains.
Surely,we can feel such a soothing and breath-taking environment while we are in these gardens.Most importantly,it was built and created by the inspiration of the Quran itself.Not trying to imagine how does the paradise looks like,but more to feel the spiritual feeling and gain our iman and ibadah to reach the Jannah as we all know,paradise is way way way soothing than what we are created now.:)
Source:
http://www.reep.org/resources/islamic-gardens/design-features-1.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_garden
31 July 2009
Garden of the Islamic World
29 July 2009
Weird shoes!Must see..^_^
Salam alayk..
I was thinking to create something unique,extraordinary yet funny things on my post.I have been googling,and guess what,i found something tickling my stomach ^_______^
Have you ever imagine of our future shoes?
These shoes might be a HIT in stores in the future!U might be the first one to queue-up in front of the store..hehe..Take a look..:)
So,has any of the pictures above tickles you?I bet so..hehehe...I used to be a shoe-holic before.But i had retired for no reason.Now,i am more to pumps and covered shoes..hehe.Back-to-basics.
This is just for fun.Just wanna cheer up your day.I hope i did!
Be happy!! ^_________^
Pencoroboh di blogku!
Salam..
Wooo! Wooo!
I spot somethin!
,lepas tu ikut sikit-sikit format blog ana,copy paste lagu ana yang lagu arab nyanyian Nancy Ajram-Enta eih(skrg da tukar,kalau ikut juga,siaplah!) ,siap color code pun same!!
Ape citer ni?
Kawan-kawan sekalian,
i am thinking to change my url address then,
would u mind to change the links in ur blog?
Please..........T___________T
If not,i have to set my blog into private...
untuk penceroboh tersebut,
25 July 2009
Zain Bhikha:Allah knows
Salam alayk...
How's our iman today?
How's our ibadah?
May all be good beneath His love..:)
I'm going to share with you a beautiful nasheed.
The lyrics hast just made my day.
They try to remind us,that ALLAH knows when you are suffer,depress,betrayed,down and so whatever feelings.He always there for us...
^____________^
Enjoy the song!
When you feel all alone in this world
And there's nobody to count your tears
Just remember, no matter where you are
Allah knows Allah knows
When you carrying a monster load
And you wonder how far you can go
With every step on that road that you take
Allah knows Allah knows
No matter what, inside or out
There's one thing of which there's no doubt
Allah knows Allah knows
And whatever lies in the heavens and the earth
Every star in this whole universe
Allah knows Allah knows
When you find that special someone
Feel your whole life has barely begun
You can walk on the moon, shout it to everyone
Allah knows Allah knows
When you gaze with love in your eyes
Catch a glimpse of paradise
And you see your child take the first breath of life
Allah knows Allah knows
When you lose someone close to your heart
See your whole world fall apart
And you try to go on but it seems so hard
Allah knows Allah knows
You see we all have a path to choose
Through the valleys and hills we go
With the ups and the downs, never fret never frown
Allah knows Allah knows
Every grain of sand,
In every desert land,
He knows.
Every shade of palm,
Every closed hand,
He knows.
Every sparkling tear,
On every eyelash, He knows.
Every thought I have, And every word I share, He knows.
Allah knows .....
22 July 2009
The abstract sketch tells my life...
Tidak banyak yang hendak diperkatakan tentang lukisan saya ini.Apa yang saya boleh katakan ialah,setiap titik dan garisan dalam lukisan tersebut mempunyai maksud.Cuba perhatikan betul-betul daripada atas ke bawah (ikut jalan cerita).
This sketch tells my mood,feelings and what's goin on in my mind right now.:)
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