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The beginnings of all things are small

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Praise be to Allah Who has no rival in the greatness of His sovereignty, Who is unique in the splendor of His might,

Who is dignified in the supremacy of His oneness, Who is made holy by the exaltation of His eternity,

to Whose Magnitude of Essence there is no likeness...

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Everything belongs to Allah, The Creator.

From The Muwatta of Imam Malik, Book of Burials.

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"Forgiveness is the fragrance that flowers give when they get trampled."

From the Treasure Trove of Muslim Aphorisms

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There is no rush in this journey of ʿilm - don't look for shortcuts. If death comes in the way then Allah accepts our intention and rewards us accordingly.

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Seneca said:

“The problem is not that we have such a short space of time, but that we waste so much of it.

Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested”

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سورة النساء

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Isocrates:

"Conduct yourself toward your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you"

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The Prophet ﷺ said, “None of you [fully] believes until his desires are in accordance with what I have
brought,”

Excerpt from Purification of The Heart translated by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Make things easy and do not make things difficult. Give glad tidings and do not frighten them away.”

In another narration, the Prophet said, “Make people calm and do not frighten them away.”

(Bukhari & Muslim)

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Aristotle:

"[Great] Poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths whereas history gives particular facts"

(Poetics, 1451)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

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A poet said:

"It is the dunya that says with a truthful mouth "Caution! Beware from my sudden cruel strikes.

Do not be fooled and deluded by my smiles, for my speech is humorous but my actions will cause tears to drop."

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I invite all Persians to return to their great Sunni heritage.

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وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِن جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْآيَاتُ عِندَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ - 6:109

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Werner Heisenberg, Pioneer of Quantum Physics:

"The first gulp of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you."

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Mineret of Jam, central Afghanistan

Built in 1190, it was hidden for almost 800 years, it was rediscovered in 1957.

Built by the Ghurid sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad (1163-1203).

Outstanding example of brick construction. 65m in height, second tallest brick mineret in world.

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Jalal ad-Din Rumi wrote:

From the Divine Grace, thorns become roses,
And from the same kindness,
[the] fire [of hell] becomes
[the] light [of Paradise].

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Friedrich Nietzche:

"One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil"

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Imam al Junayd said:

"One who does not memorise the Qur'an and write down the hadith should not be followed in this business [Tasawwuf], because this our knowledge is bound to the Book and the Sunnah"

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قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : مَنْ قَرَأَ بِالْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ