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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 ...

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 ......

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...

‘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...

Story behind: “the judge doesn’t eat hay” (grass) ‎قاضی کاه نمی‌خورد Two thieves were brought in front of a judge. The first man had stolen a lot of money, he was let go. The second man had stolen hay, he was imprisoned. When the second man objected...

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....

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...

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)."...

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”...

Marriages in pre-Islamic Jahiliyah - الزواج في الجاهلية There were all sorts of weird marriages in pre-Islamic jahiliyah of Arabia. For example, some men allowed their wives to have intercourse with men of nobler lineages, so their seed carries on. ...