Day: April 26, 2022

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There is an old proverb in Afghanistan: د ډیوې لاندې تیاره وي ‎‏ ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽...’ Meaning: even though the lamp lights everything around it, the area closest to it remains dark/unknown/unseen. Similarly, people from a distance...

Imam al-Mawardi said: ‎كانت ملوك الفرس إذا غضبت على عاقل حبسته مع جاهل ‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹.’ [‘Adab al-Dunya wa-Deen,’ 56]....