Khalilah Sabree
Khalilah Sabree is an artist whose work is about spiritual transformation and world issues. Her current body of work contains a variety of large scale, mixed-media paintings and drawings. There are several series in the collection, with a contemporary Islamic flavor. She filters the world through the eyes of an African-American Muslim woman and educator. She maintains a private studio at Artworks Trenton, and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from University of the Arts, and her B.A. from The College of New Jersey. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Tri-State Area.
The Hikam
The Wisdom of Ibn Ata Allah
# 23
“Do not expect to be free from distractions of otherness, for that will cut you off from attentiveness to Him in the state in which He has placed you.”
The sincere seeker will always accept and acknowledge the state he is in while reflecting upon the meaning and perfection of the moment. Worldly occupations and distractions are false justification for lack of consistency of awareness and worship of Allah. Do not wait for ease and time to perform your spiritual duties in this life. Do not be like the sick one who says I can only take the remedy when I am well and able. The devoted seeker will only reach true tranquility and inner certainty when he acknowledges the time and state he is in with contentment and total faith.
Distractions in the Prayer
36X48 mixed-media on birch panel