Month: July 2021
Coward
An Afghan joke about cowards: A coward’s home was looted… His wife came home and said: "They looted everything… why did they leave the bed?" The man beat his chest and said: "That’s where this lion was sleep...
View DetailsBoring Teachers
Boring teachers: العلم بحر لا ساحل له 'knowledge is an ocean that has no coast' The job of teachers is to dive deep into this ocean of knowledge, and bring out the pearls to their students. Just the pearls … a good...
View DetailsTraces Of Ink
The scholars of the Salaf used to say: إن أثر الحبر في ثوب صاحب الحديث أحسن من الخلوق في ثوب العروس “The traces of ink on the clothes of a scholar of Hadith are better than the perfume on the clothes of brides....”...
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In an ancient kingdom, before shoes were invented, people used to walk barefooted. A king walked outside, and his foot got injured by the rough terrain. The king ordered his officials: "Cover all the roads in my kingdom with soft leather!!" One of hi...
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The sister of Harun Rasheed said: نحن نساء مع رجالنا، رجال مع غيرهم “We behave like women with our own men, And we behave like men with other men.”...
View DetailsCalculated Risks
A Proverb: لا تختبر عمق النهر بكلا القدمين “Never test how deep the river is with both feet.” Meaning: don’t take a dangerous risk when you don’t have a safety net....
View DetailsPolitical Thieves
Political thieves: الحرامية من السياسيين يقول الزعيم الكوردي والرئيس العراقي السابق جلال الطالباني: ( خابرتني مرتي بليل قالت :جلال وين أنت؟ قلت لها :عندي اجتماع. قالت: بشرفك عندك اجتماع وماتقول زوجتي يجيها حرامي شي؟ قلت لها :نامي مطمئنه الحرامية كله...
View DetailsFocus On Yourself First
Thales was a Greek Astronomer from 600BC. As he was looking at the stars he fell into a ditch. He was shouting for help. An old woman said to him: "O Thales, you cannot even see what is under your feet and yo...
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It has been reported: قال سليمان بن عبد الملك لعمر بن أبي ربيعة ما يمنعك من مدحنا قال إني لا أمدح الرجال إنما أمدح النساء The Umayyad caliph, Sulaiman bin Abdul-Malik asked the poet Omar bin Abi Rabia: "What stops you from praising me?"...
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