u/gabotrippin

edit 3: I DON'T PLAN ON GETTING A QURAN VERSE TATTOO. please read my post.

i want to commission someone (please) to make me a calligraphy art for a tattoo idea i have for these phrases that will go on my right arm and left arm respectively:

al mutanabbi:
مَ**ا كُلُّ مَ*ا يَ*تَمَنَّى المَرْءُ يُدْرِكُهُ
تَجْرِي الرِّيَاحُ**** بِمَا ******لَا تَشْتَهِي السُّفُنُ

unknown (please see Edit 2):
تَجْرِي الرِّيَاحُ****** كَ**م****َا**** ت**********َشْتَهِي سَف*ِينَتْنَا* • نَحْنُ الرِّيَاحُ وَنَحْنُ البَحْرُ وَالسّفْنُ

i'm thinking of either doing it as a loop on my wrist or as a long vertical line on my forearm.

any ideas or suggestions are welcome, and anyone who is interested for the commission can dm me your rates.

thank you so much!

p.s. i included the leg pic only because i like the thickness of the lines there more than the arm pic. as for the vertical line, any calligraphy style would do (i think).

edit: it seems that reddit isn't able to use some arabic characters so if chosen for commission, i will send it via whatsapp or whatever app you feel comfortable using.

edit 2: i've decided to research more about arabic poetry meters and found another counter to al mutanabbi's verse that doesn't disrespect his views and keeps the same meter (al-basit).

أُعَلِّلُ** النَّفْسَ** بِالْ**آمَالِ أَرْقُبُهَا
مَا**** أَضْيَق*َ الْع*َيْشَ لَوْلَ**ا فُسْحَةُ الْأَمَلِ

is anyone looking to get rid of their vinyl record player or cd player? preferably one with external speakers, but any kind works i guess. i already have a briefcase vinyl player so i want to try a standalone better quality one. as for the cd player, i don't mind what it looks like as long as the sound quality is good and i can connect it to an external speaker.

budget is 150-300 AED (negotiable) at dubai, uae.

saw this on a bus yesterday. they were a couple around mid-30s and were sitting on the priority seats. there were people wanting to sit opposite them but the woman didn't care and didn't remove her feet from the seat.