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[behnii]

‎‏"إنها و الله لأيام ثِقال و لكن رحمة الله رافعة لكل ثقل ".

"by Allah these are heavy days, but Allah's mercy lifts every heaviness."

[behnii]

despite it all, may Allah command our Naseeb to bear the fruit of our hardships.

- behni

[a-h-mad-hish]

“The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

[yimmyayo]

“Have more than you show, Speak less than you know”

— King Lear: Act 1, Scene 4 - William Shakespeare

[abastract]

“ما زلت أؤمن أن الإنسان لا يموت دفعة واحدة و إننا نموت بطريقة الأجزاء؛ كلما رحل صديق مات جزء، و كلما غاردنا حبيب مات جزء، و كلما قتل حلم من أحلامنا مات جزء، فيأتى الموت الأكبر ليجد كل الأجزاء ميتة، فيحملها ويرحل”

—

جبران خليل جبران

“I still believe that a human being does not die at once, but in a way, we die in pieces; whenever a friend departs, a piece dies, and whenever a lover leaves, a piece dies, and whenever a dream of our dreams is killed, a piece dies, then finally, the greater death arrives, only to see all our pieces long dead, so he picks them up and departs.” – Gibran Khalil Gibran

[behnii]

but I speak softer, every year a little softer.

[behnii]

“beneath my silence, thunder resides.”

- behnii

[behnii]

“life will always be like a caged dove; as soon as the cage door lifts, it disappears before one can reach it.”

- behnii

الدنيا الفانية

(al-dunyā al-fāniyya) — the fleeting, temporary world.

[behnii]

“ay Ghalib, kaisi woh mohabbat jo aasani se mil jaye? Khuda se milne ke liye bhi to marna padta hai.”

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“O Ghalib, what kind of love is it if it comes easily? Even to meet God, one must first die.”

- behnii

[behnii]

“aaj jin k sath baith k haste hain, kal ko hum unki yaadon mein roenge. kitna ajeeb nizam hein zindigi ka.”

-

“Today we sit with them and laugh; tomorrow we may cry in their memories. How strange - the order of this world.”

- behnii

[behnii]

the audacity to love.

- behnii

[behnii]

“walk on your broken foot and leave no trace of your hand on anyone's shoulder.”

- unknown

[adrasteiax]

“The dream of my life Is to lie down by a slow river And stare at the light in the trees— To learn something by being nothing”

— Mary Oliver, from Entering The Kingdom in “Twelve Moons”

[a-h-mad-hish]

"Perhaps, towards the end of this century, we will distinguish between two classes of men: those who were educated by the television, & those who were educated by books."

Ernst Jünger, Siebzig verweht II. Tagebücher 1971–1980.

[philosophybits]

“In principle and in practice… the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”

— Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation

[fromhersoul]

[julaibib]

Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said

Whoever is inspired to make du’a has been destined for an answer

[Ad-Da’ wa Ad-Dawa’ (p.10)]