Category: Speech

The tongue is a soft piece of flesh, but it can cut deeper than swords.... They say: جرح الكلام أعمق من جرح السيوف '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀.' The physical wounds inflicted by swords can heal, but the wounds inflicted b...

It is said: السمكة التى تبقى فمها مغلقا لن يصطادها احد .. فأكتم أمورك .. لأن الكثير يتمنى أن يتصيد اخطائك 𝗔 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 .. 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 .. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺...

Al-Khattabi narrates: ‎وخرج عمر رضي الله عنه يَعُسُّ المدينة باللَّيل، فرأى نارًا موقدةً في خِبَاء، فوقف، وقال: يا أهل الضَّوء. وكَرِه أن يقول يا أهل النَّار Omar once went out at night in Madinah and he saw a fire in the distance. As he approached ...

Don’t reject a word of truth, even if it’s said by a kaafir - الحق يقبل من أي جهة جاء It is said: ‎ لا تنظر إلى من قال وانظر إلى ما قال ‘Don’t look at WHO is saying it, look at WHAT is being said.’ 1- Ibn Taymiyyah said: ‎واللهُ قد أمرنا ألا نقول ...

Some damage is irreversible ... حتّى لو اعتذرت الرياح ، الغصن سيبقى مكسورًا “The winds apologized, but the branches they had broken, remained broken.”...

Try to be soft-spoken… Arabs say: الكلام اللين يغلب ألحق البين “Speech which is LAYYIN (soft/gentle), may overcome truths which are BAYYIN (clear).” Whether you are a parent, or a spouse, or a public speaker, reme...

Plato said: الرجال الحُكماء يتكلّمون لأنهم يملكون شيئًا لقوله أمّا الحمقى فيتكلّمون لأنّ عليهم قول شيء وحسب "Wise people say something, because they have something to say. Foolish people say something,...

If someone has gossiped about you in your absence, don't be grateful to the person who brings this gossip to you. 1- It was said to Wahb bin Munabbih: قال رجل لوهب بن منبه: إن فلانا شتمك! قال: "أما وجد الشيطان رسولا غيرك ؟ "Such and such person insu...

It is said: تل مه وایه چې پر څه شي پوهېږي خو تل پوه شه چې څه شی وایې 'Don't always say what you know, but always know what you say."...

Ibn Taymiyah said: من كان في قلبه مرض يأخذ من كل كلام ما يناسب مرضه "People who have a sickness in their hearts will take from every speech whatever suits their sickness." ["Jaami' al-Masail", 7/191]. We may say something positive...