“Laziness does not exist. It is a mental concept. What exists is only the will. If you really want something who can stop you? So the question you have to ask yourself is only one: I want it or I do not want it? And if you really want it, you get up and run to do it! Whatever it is. […]
Daily Archives: 1 April 2014
Hodja was sitting by the river, enjoying a pot of halwa, when a horde of mounted archers thundered onto the other bank in a cloud of dust. One of Timur’s captains, who led the pack shouted, “Ho! Stranger! How do we get to the other side?” To this Nasreddin hollered […]
At the coffee-house, everybody was bragging of their military exploits. “And you?” asked one turning to Nasruddin. “I? One day, on the battlefield, I cut an enemy’s leg with one single strike of scimitar.” “Why not the head, as other people do?” “That was impossible. Someone else had already cut […]
As-Salam The Source of Peace and Security Exalted and Glorious When those who believe in Our ayat (signs, lessons, proofs, revelations, etc.) come to you, say, “Salamun ‘Alaikum. Peace be on you.” (6:54) They will call out to the dwellers of paradise, “Salamun ‘Alaikum. Peace be on you.” (7:46) And […]
Al-Quddus The Holy Exalted and Glorious He is Allah beside Whom none has the right to be worshiped but He the King, the Holy, the One Free From all Defects, the Giver of Security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. (59:23) Whatsoever is in the […]
Al-Malik The Sovereign Exalted and Glorious He could not take his brother by the law of the king, except that Allah willed it. (12:76) There was a king behind them who seized every ship by force. (18:79) Then high above all be Allah, the True Kind. (20:114) Exalted be Allah, […]