There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allaah is its lamp. Sin is darkness, and its lamp is repentance. The grave is darkness, and its lamp is 'none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allaah.' The hereafter is darkness, and its lamp is the good deed. The Siraat is darkness, and its lamp is certainty of faith.
I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library.
In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
A well-fashioned day - with a beginning and an end, a purpose and a content, a color and a character, a feel and a texture - takes it place among the many and becomes a valuable memory and treasure. At midnight the winged messengers come and gather up all these pieces and take them off to wherever the mosaic is kept. And surely, on occasion, one messenger says to another, 'Wait 'til you see this one.'
Every word is a messenger. Some have wings; some are filled with fire; some are filled with death.
The day I'm inaugurated, this country looks at itself differently and the world looks at America differently. If you believe that we've got to heal America and we've got to repair our standing in the world, then I think my supporters believe that I am a messenger who can deliver that message around the world in a way that no other candidate can do.
I wouldn't even say that I'm a rapper. I'd say I'm more of a messenger.
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.
Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.
These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven
I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
We killed you and it was not new for us, we killed the companions of the Prophet and the friends of God. O how many Messengers did we slay? O how many imams? We killed you and you prayed the night prayer, as all of our days are struggle - and all of our days are Karbala.
For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed.
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