Category: Self-Purification

The famous Pashtun poet Abdur-Rahman-Baba says in a poem: ژوندی ځان په زمکه ښخ که لکه تخم. که لوئی غواړی دخاورو په مقام شه Meaning: Be humble & down to earth, lower yourself to the ground like a seed , and you will rise ... ...

A mosquito said to a tree: "Remain firm, for I wish to fly away and leave you!" The tree said: "I did not even feel your landing, so how will I feel your leaving?" قالتِ البعوضةُ للنخلةِ : تماسكي ، فإني أريدُ أنْ أطير وأدَعَكِ قالتِ النخلةُ : واللهِ...

If you are young and think you know it all - remember the proverb: سترى إذ انجلى الغبار أفرس تحتك أم حمار "You will see, when the dust clears, whether beneath you was a horse or a donkey."...

Once, a Lion had captured prey ... As it was eating it, the hyenas gathered all around him, making threatening noises. The Lion didn't pay any attention to them and calmly finished his meal. ...

There is a proverb in Afghanistan and other countries: میوه دار شجر په کاڼو ویشتل کېږې "Stones are thrown only at fruit-bearing trees..." People throw stones at trees, to drop their fruit. They want the fruit. When...

A man tried to talk to Ma'mun (المأمون - an Abbasid ruler), but Ma'mun did not pay any attention to him. The man said: "God stopped Prophet Solaiman to listen to an ant. I'm not less than an ant, and you are not more than So...

Abu Uthman was passing through an alley and someone threw ashes at him from one of the roofs. His companions became angry and started to rebuke those people. Abu Uthman said to them: "Don't say anything, a pe...

What Imam Dhahabi - الذهبي - said about himself ... He was a very humble scholar, despite being a giant in knowledge. He added a tiny biography of himself in one of his books, described himself as Shafi'ii in Madhab and said about himself: جمع توا...

If you tolerate abuse, it will only get worse... Once a Lion allowed its cubs to mess around with him for fun. The jackals and other animals of the jungle noticed this, so they all started to mess with him. The Lion became a joke in their eyes ... S...

Imam Al-Qurtubi mentions in his Tafsir (1/443): وقيل : إن إبليس عبد الله تعالى ثمانين ألف سنة "And it was said: Satan worshipped God for 80,000 years." He went from hero to zero ... So don't become arrogant with y...