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A Pashto proverb: 'کوڼ سپی باد ته غاپي' 'A deaf dog barks at the wind.' Like a deaf dog barking at nothing but just wind thinking its a threat: some people may not even comprehend a valid argument but they will still attack it -whi...

Mansur asked why the Ummayid Dynasty collapsed? A wise man replied: ‎أمورٌ صغيرة سلمناها لكبار ‎وأمور كبيرة سلمناها لصغار “We entrusted our small affairs to big people, And we entrusted our big affairs to small people.”...

Malcolm X said: إذا قمت بوضع سكين في ظهري تسع بوصات وسحبها لست بوصات ، فليس هناك تقدم. إذا قمت بسحبها على طول الطريق فهذا ليس تقدمًا. التقدم هو شفاء الجرح الذي تسببه الضربة. كما أنهم لم يسحبوا السكين حتى أقل بكثير من شفاء الجرح. لن يعترفوا حتى بوجود...

Ibn al-Jawzi mentions: جاء رجلاً إلى أبي حازم فقال له : إن الشيطان يأتيني فيقول إنك قد طلقت زوجتك فيشككني !! فقال له : أوليس قد طلقتها ؟! قال لا .قال : ألم تأتيني أمس فطلقتها عندي ؟! فقال والله ما جئتك إلا اليوم ولا طلقتها بوجه من الوجوه . قال : فاح...

According to the Qur’an: what the People of Lot (قوم لوط) did was considered a: “فاحِشَةَ” (lewdness) [7:80] and among the: “خَبَائِثَ” (abominations).” [21:74]. In today’s day and age, things like that are “normalised” and taught as part of school ...

In 1919, the British government in India was concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi. They introduced an incentive to pay a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially it worked, people were killing cobras to get paid - but this eventually ...

There is a proverb: المرء يقيس على نفسه “A person judges others by his own situation.” A man was sitting in a restaurant, writing on a piece of paper. A child saw him and thought: "He must be drawing a picture." A businessman saw ...

A fox tried to act friendly with a Lion. The Lion asked: "Do I know you?" The fox said: "Of course! Don't you recognise me?!" The Lion replied: "No." The fox said: "We were good friends! Remember?!" The Lion replied: "No." The fox said: كنتُ مثلك أسد...

A giant ship broke down - سفينة عملاقة ... They brought in experts with $1000's worth of equipment - nobody could fix it. An old mechanic was brought in to check the engine. The old mechanic took out a small hammer from his pocket and knocked the en...

Do you know why this nation is asleep? - الأمّة النائمة In the past, the women used to breastfeed their children with the intention of them becoming great leaders. That's why they became great and achieved great things....