Day: November 16, 2021
Everybody Knows Food
A group of people were eating. A Bedouin greeted them and started eating with them. They had no idea who he was. They asked: "Do you know us?" He pointed at a plate of food and said: "I know this." مر أعرابي على قوم لم يعرفهم وهم يأكلون فسلّم وجلس ي...
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It it said: إن الثمرة المحرمة هي الأحلى "Forbidden fruit are the sweetest." And: الممنوع مرغوب "Forbidden things are desired." We have 2 enemies: the nafs & the shaytaan: The human soul is inclined to forbidde...
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The poet says: أُعَلِّمُه الرمايَة كُلَّ يَومٍ فَلَمّا اشتدَّ ساعِدهُ رَماني وَكَم علمتُـه نظـمَ القوافِـي فَلمـا قـالَ قافيـةً هجـانـي "I taught him the art of archery, when he mastered it, he pointed his arrow at me!...
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