While going through my things today, I came across something which a teacher said during one of his classes and which I can relate to right now while preparing for my phonology exam.
“We have reduced life to just futile exercises of doing thingd which somehow have no effect upon afterlife.”
*sigh*
Reminds me one other teacher who [...]
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25 May
Life
6 Jan
The Touchstone…
http://portail.islamboutique.fr/gaza2008/
Narrated (Abdullah bin Umar): Allah’s Messenger (P.B.U.H) said,
“A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfill the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his need; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him [...]
9 Apr
from Ruba’iyat
Oh eye you are not blind, see the grave
And see this world full of distractions and bitterness;
Kings, heads and princes are under the clay
See moon-bright faces in the jaws of ants
From The Ruba’iyat of Omar Kayyam (Translated by Peter Avery and John Heath-Stubbs)
26 Jan
Death
I wake up to find myself in utter darkness. I can’t hear anyone. I wait in the same position to see if I can see even a single beam of light. But no matter how wide I open my eyes and put strain on them, it’s still black everywhere. Suddenly, I realise the weight of [...]
13 Nov
Death
Death is certain, though I don’t know when it’s going to embrace me. If I am taken right now…
I have nothing with me…
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