Category: Fossha

من له لسان لا يُضاع alˀaklu yusbiqu ṣ-ṣalāt Obviously from a time before navigation devices. But even today, it is often better to ask locals than to blindly follow your GPS.

ما فائدة الدنيا الواسعة، إذا كان حذاؤك ضيِّقاً؟ mā fāˀidatu d-dunyā l-wāsiʕa, ˀiḏā kāna ḥiḏāˀuk ḍayiqan Isn’t it amazing how much we limit ourselves again and again and yet we have so many possibilities!

الأكْلُ يُسْبِقُ الصَّلاة alˀaklu yusbiqu ṣ-ṣalāt This initially astonishing statement is based on a hadith. If the food has already been prepared and the call to prayer is heard, you should still eat first. Otherwise, one would not be able to concentrate on prayer anyway.

ما فائدة الدنيا الواسعة، إذا كان حذاؤك ضيِّقاً؟ mā fāˀidatu d-dunyā l-wāsiʕa, ˀiḏā kāna ḥiḏāˀuk ḍayiqan You can look at the question philosophically and answer it generally or more personally and, on a case,-by-case basis. What do you think?