by Fajr-Literary | Feb 2, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh How often we frown at ourselves when we make mistakes in life, and indeed how often we become disheartened when we fall into error! But yet how little we realise that sometimes it’s these small mistakes that shape our...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 28, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh People are often distinguished by their thoughts and ideas, and a person is only ranked by his peers according to his level and depth of thinking. Likewise, by speaking to someone and listening to his/her speech, their...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 26, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah): ‘The people sit around you so that they may find fault with you!’ So he said, ‘Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for Paradise so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 15, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah There are people on this earth whose sincerity has raised them in rank to such an extent that they’ve become what’s called مستجابون الدعوة (mustajab al-da’wah) – i.e. a people whose supplications are readily answered by Allah `azza wa...
by Fajr-Literary | Jan 11, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Uslub al-Taghlib One interesting expression used in the Arabic language is what’s termed as Uslub al-Taghlib. This is an expression that consists of just one word, but it indicates two different things at the same time. How is that...
