Month: January 2022
Some Damage Is Irreversible
Some damage is irreversible ... حتّى لو اعتذرت الرياح ، الغصن سيبقى مكسورًا “The winds apologized, but the branches they had broken, remained broken.”...
View DetailsChanging Character
Hadith: changing human character is more difficult than moving mountains The Prophet is reported to have said: إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِجَبَلٍ زَالَ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ، فَصَدِّقُوا، وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَجُلٍ تَغَيَّرَ عَنْ خُلُقِهِ، فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوا بِهِ ...
View DetailsLead By Example
There are some people who help others so selflessly, that they almost forget about themselves ... كالإبرة تكسي غيرها وهي عريانة “Like the needle which clothes everyone while remaining naked.” Not all heroes wear capes ......
View DetailsCan God Create Another God?
An Atheist asked a Muslim scholar: هل يقدر الله على خلق إله مثل نفسه “Can God create another God like Himself?” He replied: المخلوقَ لا يكون إلاَّ مُـحْدَثاً، والـمُحْدَثُ لا يكون مثلَ القديم If God CREATES another God, that new God will obviou...
View DetailsAncient Muslim & Christian Debate
‘Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones’ ... من كانَ بيتُهُ من زُجاج لا يرمي الناسَ بالحجارة The truth is like like a solid wall, whatever you throw at it, it bounces back at you: 1- Al-Qadhy Abdul-Jabbar, a mu'tazili theologian, who...
View DetailsAbu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas ‘أﺑﻮ ﻧﻮﺍﺱ‘ was a classical Arab poet, who lived in Baghdad during the Abbasid reign. He was an alcoholic. Drinking intoxicants is a major sin in the sight of God, but he repented towards the end of his life, may his repentance be accepted....
View DetailsArming Your Enemies
An eagle is hit & killed by an arrow which is powered by the feathers of a fellow eagle … We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. كان نسر يحلق حين سمع حفيف سهم ثم أحس به يخترق قلبه، وفيما هو يهوي منازعا الموت، رأى ريشة السهم...
View DetailsGetting A Beating
There is this proverb in the Middle East: ضرب الحبيب مثل أكل الزبيب "Getting a beating from a HABEEB (loved-one), is like eating ZABEEB (sweet raisins)."...
View DetailsShameful Behaviour At Marketplaces
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani said: والجلوس في الأسواق لرؤية من يمرُّ من النِّساء من خوارم المروءة “[males] sitting at the [entrances of] marketplaces to catch a glimpse of the female [shoppers] is shameless behaviour.” [“Fath al-Bari”...
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