Year: 2022

There is exaggerated distrust about females among some males in certain societies. They used to say: ‎عقل النساء بين أفخاذهن ‘The intellect of women is between their thighs.’ And they say: ‎شهوة المرأة فوق شهوة الرجل بتسعة أجزاء ‘The lust of a woma...

A single drop of polytheism [شرك] can turn a mountain of good deeds into dust and a drop of monotheism [توحيد] can crush and turn a mountain of sins into dust. Imam Ibn Rajab said: فإن هذا التوحيد هو الإكسير الأعظم ، فلو وضع منه ذرة على جبال الذنوب ...

A disappointed, but truthful poet once said: إذَا نَشر الفَتى شِعرًا جميلًا فإنّ المُعجبينَ بهِ قَليلُ وَإن نشَرت الفتَاة أي شيءٍ فإعجابٌ وتَعليقٌ طَوِيلُ “When a boy shares a beautiful poem, its admirers will be few [qalee...

‘He who opens a school, closes a prison.’ ‎‏هر ښوونځی مو چې پرانېست؛ ‎د زندان يو ور مو وتاړه - Victor Hugo...

According to many scholars, it is inappropriate to use names like 'عاشق رسول' ['aashiqe-rasool] or 'عاشق الله' ['aashiq-allah], because the word 'ishq' [عشق] has sexual connotations in the Arabic language. 1- Imam Ibn al-Jawzi said: فإن العشق عند أه...

The Prophet ﷺ said: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سِتِّيرٌ “God is a Concealer.” [‘Nasai‘, 407 - صحيح]. https://sunnah.com/nasai:407 ‘Concealment’ [الستر] of Sins - is one of the most beautiful qualities of God. If God were to lift t...

The sky is tragically beautiful… it’s a graveyard of stars. المأساويه في جمال السماء أنها مقبرة من النجوم The stars we see today have died millions of years ago - it’s their light that is still reaching us. And the most amazing thing is: when we l...

Once a king shot an arrow at a deer, but he missed and the deer ran away. The king’s flatterers said: ‘Sire, this is the first time that we see a dead deer running!’ ‎ذهب السلطان للصيد فأخطأ صيده فقال بعض حاشيته:هذه أول مره يا مولاي نرى غزالاً يركض ...

Once upon a time it was said: ‎خراسان كنانه الله إذا غضب على قوم رماهم بهم ‘The land of Khurasan is the quiver of God, when He gets angry at a nation, He hits them with it.’ [‘Mu’jam al-Buldan’, 2/351]....

A bald man had an argument with his wife. His wife said to him: تخاصمت امرأة مع زوجها، وكان أصلع، فقالت له: «لستُ أحسد شيئاً في هذه الحياة إلا شعر رأسك حيث فارقك واستراح منك 'I don't envy anything in this life, except your hair, which mana...