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Amr ibn Kulthum, the Arab poet, from the pre-Islamic jahiliyah period says: أَلاَ لاَ يَجْهَلَنْ أَحَـدٌ عَلَيْنَا فَنَ...

The problem with saying: 'it's a minor sin', is that we belittle the sin. The Abbasid era poet, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz says in a poem: ...

The Poet says: حُسن النِّسَاء بلَا طُهر وَلَا أَدب، كَالسُّم يُوضع فِي كَأسٍ مِن الذَّهب ...

Bashar bin Burd was a classical poet of Persian origin. He lived during the Ummayid dynasty. He says in a poem: إِنَّ ...

A Pashtun poet says: د چنار غوندې په خپلو مټو زور کړه د انګور په شان په بل تاویګه مه ...

Nobody does anything for free ... فریب باغبان رامخور ای گل * گر اب میدهد گلاب میخواهد “𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 , 𝗢 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.”...

'𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲...' إنْ كُنْتَ ريحاً فَقَدْ لاَقَيْتَ إعصاراً ......

There is an old saying: 'كلامُ الليلِ يَمحُوهُ النَّهارُ' '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 [𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀] 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.' It is also mentioned in a poem of Abu Nuwas, the drunk poet: وَخُودٍ أَقبلَتْ في القَصرِ سَكرى ولكن زَيَّنَ السُّكرَ الوَقارُ وقد سَقَطَ ا...

Al-Mutanabbi says : أنَا الغَريقُ فَما خَوْفي منَ البَلَلِ '𝗜'𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝘁?' Never push a person to their limit ... people who have nothing to loose are very dangerous....

A scholar and his wife once had an argument at home, but they loved each other. He then went to teach at the mosque …… His wife also attended to learn from him, but she hid behind two others, far from his sight. The scholar noticed her and said this ...