'Cradle' Category
No matter what.
Once there was a scholar whom Allaah ta3ala had blessed with four children, all boys.ÂÂ
One day, one of the boys passed away, and upon being told the news, the scholar’s reaction was truly exemplary. He said:
“Alhamdulillaah for what He gave, and alhamdulillaah for what He took. He took back only one of my sons and [...]Branding the Maverick
Q: What do great personalities like Lincoln, Reagan, and Gorbachev all have in common?
Or Johnny Depp, Sean Connery, or Gene Hackman?
A: They were all just like me.
Even though I don’t do these usually because I dislike to be constrained by popular, pre-set parameters and definitions, I took the Jung Typology test [...]Resolute
“Over the foreboding mountains, through the abysmal valleys, astride the desolate plains and through the tumultuous seas, this nation will persevere. Ya shabaab, ya shabaab, ya shabaab … innakum quwwatuna … fa la takoun minal qaniteen.”
- Anonymous
“The salvation of humanity is not achieved by force of arms. It depends upon the moral [...]The Man and the Butterfly
A man was sitting one day in his garden enjoying the weather. He was looking at one of his toot (berry) trees when he noticed a butterfly cocoon hanging from a branch not too far from where he sat. While he was gazing at it, to his amazement, the butterfly began to emerge right before [...]
Say it for me
Show me what it’s like…
To be the last one standing.
And teach me wrong from right…
And I’ll show you what I can be.
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me…
Say it if it’s worth saving me.
She kissed the photo and on the back she scribbled “my little soldier” - either with [...]The Lion and the Fox
One of my mother’s dinnerside stories:
Once there was a poor villager, and he could find no work in his village and he was growing increasingly desperate. Day after day, he could happen upon nothing to do that would earn him any decent income. Eventually, he decided to go off to the city, sure that he [...]Cradle
Cradle is a new category I decided to create, taking after the famous adage: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
It is a tribute to my mother firstly and foremostly, and then to my aunts and my grandmother - all of whom have rocked my cradle. They are the [...]