Day: December 22, 2020

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The legendary poet, al-Mutanabbi: وَما التّيهُ طبّي فيهِمِ غَيرَ أنّني * بغيض إليَّ الجاهل المتعاقل "It’s not my habit to be arrogant, But I just can’t stand ignorant wannabe-intellectuals"...

Timur & Inspiration from an Ant The legend has it that Timur, wounded by an enemy arrow, found shelter at the abandoned ruins of an old fortress in the desert. Lamenting his fate, Timur saw a little ant carrying a grain up the side of a collaps...

High Ambitions - علو الهمة A woman was told: "Rejoice! Your son became a governor!" She started crying. They asked why she was crying. She said: "I raised him to be a king, and he only became a governor." We should always have high ambitions in lif...

Qur'an (58:11): ‏‏يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ‏ "God elevates those among you who believe, and those given knowledge in ranks."...

Hadith Scholars weakening their own FAMILY - الجرح والتعديل When it came to passing on knowledge to us, the Hadith scholars were brutally honest and they did not betray this trust. They even weakened their own family & friends - so that the tru...