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The sweetest things in life were not necessarily what one strove for and grabbed. Instead, many many times the All-Merciful, the All-Generous would give His servants without being petitioned, without waiting to be asked.

Giving, Instead, Life, Servants, Things In Life, Waiting
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All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end, the graves are identical.

Clothes, Distinctions, Identical, Men, Toilets, Women

Why do bad things happen? For pedagogical reasons, so that we can experience the power of Allah, catch a glimpse of Hell and fear it, so that we can practice seeking refuge in Him and, when relief comes give thanks to His mercy. Darkness was created so that, like plants, we could yearn and turn to the light.

Experience, Fear, Giving, Light, Practice, Yearn

I must settle for freedom in this modern time

Freedom, Modern, Modern Times, Settling, Time

The Mercy of Allah is an Ocean, Our sins are a lump of clay clenched between the beak of a pigeon. The pigeon is perched on the branch of a tree at the edge of that ocean. It only has to open it's beak

Allah, Branch, Clay, Mercy, Ocean, Tree

I've come down in the world. I've slid to a place where the ceiling is low and there isn't much room for me to move. Most of the time I'm used to it. . . I accepted my sentence and do not brood or look back. But sometimes a shift makes me remember. Routine is ruffled and a new start makes me suddenly conscious of what I've become -

Ceilings, Come, Moving, Routine, Sentence
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