Kindle Notes & Highlights
To memorize in this way is not Hifdh (safekeeping) of the Qur’an but a disservice to it because the Hafidh is unable to understand when something is changed in what he is reading. There
Reading is to understand what you are seeing, to know its meaning, implications, and how it affects your life.
The thing seems to be to say what needs to be said using the maximum number of words. And having said it once, to say it again from as many different angles as possible. But this is part of Arab culture and you have to develop a lot of patience because it takes a lot of time.
You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you can negotiate’’ more true. Great fun!! Smiling is very important.
People are very open to having their ideas debated and will listen to you carefully even when you disagree with them.
Obviously, there is a difference between disagreeing and being disagreeable.
Eating is a social ritual and a sign of your acceptance, a means of communication, a status symbol, and a statement of your social standing and hospitality.
In such gatherings the seniors and juniors all sit together and so don’t be surprised to see the office boy sitting next to you and eating out of the same plate. This is the equality of Islam which I have actually seen in practice in this land.
jail. This is probably one of the few countries which is so serious about prosecuting traffic offenses.
The seven are: Faith Courage Dua Discipline Resilience Companions Desire to Serve
Courage is the willingness to be confident in that passion and to express it without fear.
If it can’t make you cry, it can’t make you work.
Excitement is fear that anticipates a happy ending. Fear is a sign of intelligence. It shows that you recognize the enormity and danger of the challenge and are not living in a fool’s paradise. Courage
Courage enables you to set extraordinary goals because only the courageous realize that it is in the nature of the extraordinary goal to inspire extraordinary effort.
The body will continue as long as the mind refuses to accept defeat.
Courage is to realize that it is the broken heart which is dearest to the One who created the heart. Courage
Courage is the willingness to eat less, sleep less, work harder, delay gratification, and continue to work for the great goal that you are pursuing.
For the truth is that the race of life is most often won, not by the fastest but by the one who stayed in it long enough.
Of these two, the pain of discipline is far easier to bear.
Discipline is simply to get up and do what must be done without making excuses.
opportunities don’t come; they don’t knock on your doors. They have to be sought out, grasped, and taken advantage of.
say, ‘Not the ability’ because if the willingness is there, the ability will emerge.
Good companions are those who make excuses for you but don’t allow you to make excuses for yourself.
Trust must be protected and cherished, for once lost, it can never be restored.
