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Al-Qurtubi writes: وَكَرِهَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ أَنْ يُقَالَ : سُورَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٌ ; وَقَالَ لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُ قَالَهَا : أَنْتَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْهَا ، وَأَمَّا الْقُرْآنُ فَكُلُّهُ عَظِيمٌ Abu 'Aaliyah disliked people saying: "a smal...

Always have high ambitions - علو الهمة Don't aim to become a scavenger - eating what is left-over by others - instead, aim to get the lions share! Don't aim to fly first-class, aim to OWN the plane! Study hard, work hard and play hard... It is no...

Ibn al-Jawzi narrates: اعترض الأسد قافلة فرآه رجل منهم فخر إلى الأرض، فركبه الأسد، فشد القوم بأجمعهم على الأسد واستنقذوه، فقالوا له: ما حالك؟ قال: لا بأس علي ولكن خرى الأسد في سراويلي. Basically, a lion attacked a caravan. ...

Can the Qur'an become the cause of someone's destruction? Yes , the Prophet once said: هَلَاكُ أُمَّتِي فِي الْكِتَابِ "[Part of] my nation will be destroyed due to [this] Book..." He was asked how this is possible? The Prophet said: يَتَعَلَّمُونَ ...

Knowledge is not in the appearance of a person ... نوادر وطرائف العربية A man wearing a turban was riding a donkey. A woman had a letter which she couldn't read, so she asked this man to read it for her. The man said: "I cannot read." She said: "You...

Ibn Uthaymin was asked: If a man marries a woman, and afterwards discovers that she has no teeth - is that a valid reason for divorce? He laughed and said: “That's actually a good wife to keep, because if she has no teeth, she cannot bite you ...” ...

Hassan al-Basri is reported to have said: ميت غد يشيع ميت اليوم "Tomorrow's dead bid bury today's dead." ["Al-Madkhal", 3/404]....

A man divorced his wife, but he wouldn't let her take the child. The man claimed the child should go to him, claiming that he carried the child and he delivered it - even before his wife did! The woman said to the judge: هو حمله خفيفاً و انا حملته...

Ibn al-Jawzi writes: قال رجل من اليهود لعلي بن أبي طالب ما دفنتم نبيكم حتى قالت الأنصار منا أمير ومنكم أمير فقال له علي عليه السلام أنتم ما جفت أقدامكم من ماء البحر حتى قلتم اجعل لنا إلهاً كما لهم آلهة. A Jewish man said to Imam Ali: "You p...

Al-Qur'an: والعصر إن الإنسان لفي خسر إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبر "I Swear by Time: Mankind is in a state of Loss; except for those who believe, perform good deeds, encourage ...