Year: 2022
Fearing Blame
Don’t Fear Social Media Warriors: Barking dogs don’t bite, biting dogs don’t bark… The Persians say: مرغی که نچیر (گوشت) میخوره نوکش کجه ... 'Birds who [hunt] eat meat have curved beaks.' The hunters are known… so don’t be afraid w...
View DetailsStingiest Woman In History
Ancient books are full of stories about stingy people [البخلاء], but there are also some modern examples: Hetty Green [1834-1916] This was a wealthy American business-woman who went down as one of the world's stingiest women in history. The Guinnes...
View DetailsPerspective
It is said: تحت الورد شوك أم فوق الشوك ورد We can either be happy that thorns have roses... Or we can be sad that roses have thorns... #Perspective...
View DetailsBroken Plates
Don’t get angry at your children when they break utensils, because it is said that these lifeless objects also have an expiry date [ajal], like living beings [لا تضربوا إماءكم على إنائكم فإن لها أجلا كآجال الناس]. And by the way, the wise elders sa...
View DetailsReading Books
‘One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.’ نظرة واحدة في كتاب وتسمع صوت شخص آخر ربما مات منذ ألف سنة .. القراءة رحلة عبر الزمن - Carl Sa...
View DetailsDon’t Worry About Sustenance
Don’t worry about your sustenance … If you are 30 years old and have been eating two meals a day - you have eaten 22,000 meals so far. والله خير الرازقين...
View DetailsLid For Every Pot
If you’re looking for a spouse, and are about to give up hope…, don’t despair. The wise elders said: لكل وعاء غطاء ‘There is a lid for every pot.'...
View DetailsSpouses
Al-Qur’an: خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيْهَا “He created spouses for you from yourselves, so that you may find comfort in them.” [30:21]....
View DetailsFind Someone Your Size
A very tall man married a very short woman and compiled the following poem: ورميتُ سَهمَ الحُبِ أقصدُ قَلبهَا فمَر من فوقها لِشّدة قِصَرِها ‘I shot the arrow of love, aiming at her heart, but it flew right...
View DetailsRefugees Syria & Ukraine
تلك الأيام نداولها بين الناس ‘These are days which we alternate between people.’ [Qur’an 3:140]....
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