Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Worthless Crusaders
In the year 1187, after the battle of Hattin, the crusaders were paying to free their prisoners. The men of Salahudin sold them for cheap - so that later generations would know their true worth. Ibn Kathir wrote: وباع بعضهم أسيرا بنعل ليلبسها فى رج...
View DetailsAll Empires End
All empires have an expiry date ... there are no exceptions: أنظروا تحت أرجلكم تحت تراب القاهرة حضارة فرعونية ، وحضارة إغريقية ، وحضارة فارسية ، وحضارة رومانية ، وحضارة إسلامية ، وربما تحت أقدامكم الآن بقايا درع مكسورة كان يلبسها فارس مغوار ، ...
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Every single one of he 4 Imaams has endured chains and has entered the dungeons of tyrant rulers ... they stood up for justice, and opposed oppression. They endured iron & fire and they did not sell their religion for a worldly gain... The Proph...
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A king was once asked: "If you were dying out of thirst, what would you give in exchange for a glass of water?" The king said: "My entire kingdom!" The man said: مُلْكٌ عَظِيمٌ لَا يُسَاوِي شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ!! "So a glass of water is worth more than a...
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A story about government spin-doctors - لعن الله الباذنجان A king once said to his servant: "I crave to eat aubergines." The servant said: "May God bless aubergines!" and started endlessly praising aubergines. ...
View DetailsTravellers
A man used to give a lot of charity. People were surprised at his generosity. He said: لو أن رجلا أراد أن ينتقل من دار إلى دار أكان يبقي في الأولى شيئا؟ "If a person was moving home, would he leave anything behind in his old house?" * He meant, movi...
View DetailsTimes Have Changed
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia The media thinks we still live in tents and ride donkeys...
View DetailsWorse Than Prison
The wife of Aziz of Egypt and her friends, demanded that Prophet Yusuf either fornicates with them or he goes to jail ... Yusuf said: رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ “Lord, prison is dearer to m...
View DetailsTyrants
A man went to the mosque to pray against the oppressors ... he found them all praying in the first row! ذهب إلى المسجد ليدعو على من ظلموه فوجدهم يصلون في الصف الأول....
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Once an earthquake happened in ancient Egypt... The government poets immediately read the following lines of poetry in praise of the king: ما زُلزلت مصر من كيد أُريد بها لكنها رقصت من عدلكم طربا "There was no earthquake in Egypt; ...
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