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Me

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I rarely put any detailed or direct information about myself. Because it would be so boring and insignificant. However, here I give you a chance to know me better while using your imaginations in the same time. Each of the following fiction characters resembles mine in at least one way. Ross Geller Sir Auron Michelangelo Rock Lee Seito Kaiba Minami Hiroki

Incomplete Journey

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Open house at my place today. While I was helping my mother in the kitchen, my younger brother called me saying that someone wants to meet me. Someone whom I didn't recognize, seemed really happy seeing me...He was one of my students five years ago, he surely have grown up! It was hard to manage 50 people unexpectedly coming to your house. The friends of my brothers, the friends of my brother's wife, the friends of my mother, the friends of my sister, all of them coming simultaneously. It was like a rush hour. However, everything was fine alhamdulillah. When you are different, people will remember you. Even if you are different in a weird, or a stupid way. We served meat that day, and one guy refused to eat it. Anyhow, we were well prepared and hurried to heat up a frozen chicken soup. However, before we managed to serve the chicken for him, he already had finished eating! Wonders of the this world, someone who doesn't eat meat, eats the gravy of that meat! Th

Rest in Mercy of Allah

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The elderly lady in the picture is Umm as-Sa’ad. She was born 1925 and memorised the Quran at the age of 15. By the age of 25 she had the shortest chains of recitation (Ijzazh) to the Prophet sala Allahu Alihi wasSalam in the 10 modes of recitation. She is a PIVOTAL point in Quranic instruction in Egypt and Alexandria in particular. From Abdul Basit Abdul Samad to Mishary al-Afaasi…all have recited the Quran upon her seeking approval to teach and recite. Allah have mercy on her, she recently past away at close to 90 years old. May Allah reward her for her service to the Quran. Since 1950 she has taught and licensed in memorization of the quran over 100,000 students. She married one of her students. She was not blessed with any children through her nearly 50 years of marriage. She would say, “Allah barred me from children and  their responsibility, so that I can teach his Word to the children of others.” She also said: “I feel that my memorization of the

The Beauty of Nature: The Sequel

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