Humanity First!

Saving a life is like saving the humanity as a whole! Hence, any service even to the size of a mustard seed given to a needy may makes us better than the one who has accumulated so much wealth for nothing!

Patan's love for tea…

Syed once told one story. He told… Once in the heaven, an Angel was beating a man. On enquiring, it was understood that it was a Patan. You know why? It was because he mixed tea in the milk pond in heaven, Hawl-al-Kauthar! Then only he told me about the Patan’s love for tea! They…

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Aseer Mushakkal Kabeer!

This is Aseer Mushakkal (mixed fruit juice or cocktail, some say). This one of the things I take once in a while. The other is Aseer Afkadoo (which looks green and tastes better to me, because it’s more sweet because of the sugar 🙂 , may be).Sometimes this is my breakfast, sometimes lunch, and sometimes…

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Same well!

I had Mazgooth Laham Haashi (Mazgooth Camel) with Syed this afternoon. It was just like beef and this was the first time I was eating camel meat.On the way back came Syed’s joke… One person was replying to an email to a friend who recently sent him an email. He wrote, “I am well, and…

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Chicken legs!

Syed and I were waiting for our order to be delivered on our table in Taj Mahal Restaurant in Sultana Street. We had already washed our hands and were eagerly waiting to start attacking the Veg Fried Rice of that Hyderabadi Restaurant.As were sitting, Syed reminded me of the interesting joke that he had told…

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Shay day!

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:’When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done…

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Girlcott!

As usual, Syed was in good mood yesterday. PSS project for Madinah is nearing completion and we have a demo to client users this Sunday, so he came to MDA office by Magrib and I also joined him by Isha paryer time.After spending some time on the demo scenarios sent us by the development and…

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Chaplin and Einstein

An interesting exchange between two geniuses:Einstein said to Chaplin: “What I most admire about your art… You don’t say a word, and the rest of the world understands you.””It is true”, answered Chaplin, “but your glory is even greater. The whole world admires you, even though they don’t understand a word of what you say!

Old is Gold

On the way back from Mat’am Wadi Mubarak after the lunch this evening, we were casually talking about gold and women’s love for the same. As we parked his car by the Madinah Development Authority office and started walking to the entrance, Syed told a story in two sentences. Normally, such stories comes out of…

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Miracles of Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

Source: http://raza-e-khushtar.org Allah Ta’ala has granted every Nabi Mu’jizas (miracles) according to their environment and the understanding of their nations, in order that they may witness and accept the truth of them being Prophets of Allah. Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) in his physical life on earth performed numerous miracles and it is impossible to discuss…

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Arafah: The Witnessed Day

– By Sana Ibrahim Hajj is Arafat. [Al-Hakim] Verily there shall be no reward for a righteous pilgrimage except Jannah.  [Hazrat Abu Huraira reporting the words of Mohamed (pbuh)] Smiling at Satan’s Grief The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled when he finished. Some of the Sahabah (companions) remarked: “We sacrifice our fathers…

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