by Fajr-Literary | Dec 3, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Some inside info for those who wish to study at the Ma’sarawi Institute in Egypt. Below are the different programs you can enrol for in hifdh, tajwid, ijazah etc. Please see my previous post here for general information on the...
by Fajr-Literary | Nov 26, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Al-Khattab ibn al-Mu`alla’ al-Makhzumi (rahimahullah) advises his son so beautifully and wisely. (This was a lengthy piece of advice, but I’ve only translated parts which I hoped will benefit everyone in general.) “… O my son, be...
by Fajr-Literary | Nov 11, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Prophet Musa (`alayhisalam) is often described as being strong, tough and a force against the harshness that surrounded him. See, he was destined to go up against the barbaric Pharaoh, so Allah `azza wa jall raised him in a way where...
by Fajr-Literary | Nov 4, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah “Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin ash-Shinqiti (rahimahullah) took very little from this worldly life, and I used to see him and he could not differentiate between the values of different (notes within the same) currency, and he once said to...
by Fajr-Literary | Oct 29, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah I’ve learnt many things when it comes to speaking Arabic in Cairo (indeed, in many Middle-Eastern countries), but nothing stares at me so much in the face as the clear difference between Fus-ha (classical) and ‘Amiyyah (colloquial)...
