HeyJaredWalyullah’s Substack
Discover my poetry (snippets of my soul), ponderings, Arabic poetry I think you should read, and moments from a Muslim man’s life.
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- Sep 18, 2026
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Dementia is Coming (opens the original)
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We all have fancies of how we will age, what we’ll look like, the things we’ll do when we can pop out our dentures to scare a kid or for jokes and giggles. Maybe you imagine yourself a desi Uncle Iroh, shaping young Zuko’s moral and ethical senses, one cup of karak at a time.Or maybe, like me, in masjid-e-nabawi, you prayed next to a swagged up Afghan grampa in the dopest mega turban and the most gigantic ring you’ve seen that actually looks royal and regal in its grandness, with little rubies s
Out of Focus: Leaning into Bokeh-ity (opens the original)
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So, I don’t have the answer to my question, but I have pretty photos that I had fun taking on my walk back after a blood test. I didn’t know my phone could do this. A happy accident when a blurry photo turned out to look nicer than expected. Usually, when using bokeh, there is a focal point, but the blurry image I took by accident made me wonder if a clear focal point is even needed. The first image [scroll down] was my attempt to keep just enough focus to have a foreground, but enough blurrines
When you crumble at the loss of routine (opens the original)
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Ya rabb, I have felled myself and fallen so far.Oh Lord, how many fathoms deeper must I founder and how many furrows longer must I flounder before You send forth a buraq1 of Your benevolence? My Lord, my will is weak like an unsheltered candle aflicker from thunderous bellows of ‘Aadan2 calamity clouds.O Overseer and Giver of refuge, shelter my abating spirit. Ya Qawiyyu ya Jabbaar, entrench my soul and fortify my resolve.<p
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