Category: Wisdom
Good & Better
It was said: الحياء من الرجال حسن، ولكنه من النساء أحسن. The shyness of men is good [hassan], but the shyness of women is better [ahsan]. والتوبة من الشيخ حسن، ولكنها من الشباب أحسن. The repentance of elderly is good [hassan], but the repentance ...
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It is said: تحت الورد شوك أم فوق الشوك ورد We can either be happy that thorns have roses... Or we can be sad that roses have thorns... #Perspective...
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The true meaning of ‘manhood’ - الرجوله It is said: كل رجل ذكر، وليس كل ذكر رجل ما أكثر الذكور لكن الرجال منهم قليل فكلمة الطيور تجمع بين الصقور والدجاج ‘Every man is a male, but not every male is a man. M...
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Leave A Good Legacy .... الإمام الشاطبي Imaam Al-Shaatibi said: وطوبى لمن مات وماتت معه ذنوبه. والويل الطويل لمن يموت وتبقى ذنوبه مائة سنة ومائتي سنة، يعذب بها في قبره ويسأل عنها إلى انقراضها "Blessed are those who die and their sins die wi...
View DetailsAll That Glitters Is Not Gold
“All that glitters is not gold.” (ليس كل ما يلمع ذهبا) - W. Shakespeare...
View DetailsNo Pain, No Gain
A wise man once said: اذا أردت أن تشتعل مثل الشمس فاحترق مثلها "If you want to shine like the sun, you have to first burn like the sun." There are no shortcuts to success, it's a difficult walk uphill. You have to ...
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Watermelons grow on dry land, but contain 92% water. Rice plants consume 5,000 litres of water per KG of grain produced. Rice spends its entire life in water, but its dry! Islamic teachings are the same: A person can be flooded with knowledge abou...
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Stick to your roots ... شجرة واحدة مرتبطة بأصولها أوقفت شاحنة تحمل مئات الأشجار المنفصلة من جذورها. One tree with strong roots, stops a truck full of 100 trees without roots! When the weather is nice, everyone surrounds the tree ... but when the s...
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A rain cloud said to the ocean: “If I stop raining, there will be no you.” The ocean laughed and said: “You are, because I am.” ابر بارنده به دریا می گفت: گر نبارم تو کجا دریایی؟ در دلش خنده کنان دریا گفت: ابر ...
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It is not about the abundance of resources you have available, it is all about your ability to utilise them. The poet says: كالعِيسِ في البيداءِ يقتُلُها الظَّمَا والماءُ فوق ظهورِها محمولُ "Like camels in the desert, dying of thirst,...
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