“Don’t worship Allah so He may give you. Rather, worship Him so He may be pleased. For when He is pleased, He will astonish you with His Gifts.”
By the dawn
And the ten nights
And the even and the odd
O you tranquil soul!
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing
[al-Fajr: 1-3; 27-28]
Loftiness is attained in accordance to one’s struggles,
And whoever seeks nobility, remains vigilant by night.
Whoever wishes to achieve without due effort,
Will waste their life seeking what’s impossible.
You search for glory and yet you sleep at night,
It’s only the seeker of pearls who dives deep into the sea.
– Imam al-Shafi’i, al-Diwan
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“How old are you!”
As-salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaah
قال رجل لهشام القوطي: كم تعد؟
قال: واحد إلى ألف ألف وأكثر
قال: لم أرد هذا، كم تعد من السن؟
قال: اثنين وثلاثين، ست عشرة من أعلى وست عشرة من أسفل.
قال: لم أرد هذا، كم لك من السنين؟
قال: والله، ما لي فيها شيء، السنون كلها لله تعالى.
قال: يا هذا ما سنك؟
قال: عظم
قال: ابن كم أنت؟
قال: ابن اثنين، رجل وامرأة.
قال: كم أتى عليك؟
قال: لو اتى عليّ شيء لقتلني.
قال: فكيف أقول؟
قال: تقول: كم مضى من عمرك
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This is a humurous read denoting all the different ways of simply saying ‘how old are you.’ By giving many different answers (not intended by questioner), Hishaam al-Quuti highlights the fact that the most correct way of asking ‘how old are you’ is by saying كم مضى من عمرك – literally translated to mean “how much (in years) of your life has passed”