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A fly sat on the horn of a bull which was ploughing the fields. When the fly went home, it was asked by other flies: ‘where have you been?’ The fly replied: ‘WE have been ploughing the fields…...’ People who take credit for other people’s hard work ...

A king once did an experiment on human happiness. He placed a jar containing 99 golden coins in front of a man’s house and wrote on it: “𝗔 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀.” The man opened it, and counted only 99 - not 100 as it said on the lid of the jar. H...

Ibn Taymiyah said: ومن رأى أن هذا القتال مفسدته أكثر من مصلحته، علم أنه قتال فتنة 'Whoever sees that the harms of a particular war outweigh its benefits, then he knows that this war is a Fitnah (tribulation - impermissible to take part in).'...

It is said: ‎الزواج مثل القلعة المحاصرة ‎الذين بالداخل يودون الخروج ‎و الذين بالخارج يريدون الدخول ‘Marriage is like a besieged castle: those inside want to get out, those outside want to get in.’ ...

It is said that Socrates once had an argument with his wife Xanthippe. She was furious and started shouting! Then she poured a pot of water on his head! Socrates said: “Rain after thunder…” ‏الفيلسوف سقراط صرخت علیه زوجته، ثم رشت عليه الماء الذي كان...

Ibn Manzur had a habit that every time he saw a long book, he used to write a shortened [abridged - مختصر] version of it, to make it easily accessible to people. Once his son saw a very tall man on the street, and he said: 'If my dad sees you, he wi...

Ibn al-Jawzi mentions a funny incident: وكان لبعض المغفلين حمار فمرض الحمار، فنذر إن عوفي حماره صام عشرة أيام فعوفي الحمار فصام، فلما تمت مات الحمار فقال: يا ربت تلهيت بي! ولكن رمضان إلى هنا يجيء والله لآخذن من نقاوته عشرة أيام لا أصومها. A...

A flawed understanding of 'loyalty and disavowal' - الولاء والبراء Some people mistakenly think that a believer cannot love ANY disbeliever, and that ALL disbelievers must be hated and treated harshly [أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُ...

“If a battle cannot be won, do not fight it.” - Sun Tzu - 496 BC, Chinese general & military strategist ———————-...

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” ‎هناك عقود لم يحدث فيها شيء ‎وهناك أسابيع حيث تحدث فيها عقود -Lenin...