“
It's not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.
”
”
Tahereh Mafi (Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5))
“
When Ms. Adams took attendance and called out the name of an absent classmate, Noah’s hand shot up. I watched him cautiously. After she finished roll call, Noah stood, completely unself-conscious as heads followed his progress to the front of the room.
“Um—” Ms. Adams checked her clipboard. “Ibrahim Hassin?”
Noah nodded. I died.
”
”
Michelle Hodkin (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1))
“
-Ça ne fait rien, disait monsieur Ibrahim. Ton amour pour elle, il est à toi. Il t'appartient. Même si elle le refuse, elle ne peut rien y changer. Elle n'en profite pas, c'est tout. Ce que tu donnes, Momo, c'est à toi pour toujours; ce que tu gardes, c'est perdu à jamais!
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
DR IBRAHIM EL FIKY DIED TODAY..
MAY ALLAH GIVE PEACE TO HIS SOUL AND REST IN PEACE....
give enough courage to his family to bear this irreparable loss....(less)
”
”
إبراهيم الفقي
“
She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as much as shock. "This . . .this is Ibrahim's scarf . . .it's a family heirloom. . . "
"No, it belongs to this mobster guy named Abe. . .
[...]
"Mom," I said disbelievingly. "You know Abe."
"Yes, Rose. I know him."
"Please don't tell me. . ."
Oh, man. Why couldn't I have been an illegitimate half-royal like Robert Doru? Or even the mail-man's daughter?
"Please don't tell me Abe is my father. . . . "
She didn't have to tell me. It was all over her face.
"Oh God, " I said. "I'm Zmey's daughter. Zmey Junior. Zmeyette, even."
That got her attention. She looked up at me. "What on earth are you talking about?"
"Nothing," I said.
”
”
Richelle Mead (Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4))
“
Some people love their children more than they love their partner,’ says Ibrahim, ‘and some people love their partner more than their children. And no one can ever admit to either thing.
”
”
Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1))
“
Men are always so baffled by women’s clothing. So many opinions about a body that does not belong to them. Cover up, don’t cover up - no one can seem to decide.
”
”
Tahereh Mafi (Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4))
“
Your lips are like sugar
And your cheeks an apple
Your breasts are paradise
And your body a lily.
O, to kiss the sugar
To bite the apple
To reveal paradise
And open the lily.
”
”
Louis de Bernières (Birds Without Wings)
“
belajarlah dalam kesabaran Ayub
berjalanlah bersama keberanian Ibrahim
bacalah semesta melalui kecerdasan Sulaiman
taklukkan angkuh dunia dengan ketangguhan Musa
himpunlah semua kebijaksanaan Yakub
katakanlah kebenaran semerdu suara Daud
kasihilah sesama sepenuh cinta Isa
lalu masukilah kebeningan dirimu
bersama ketakwaan Muhammad
”
”
Fahd Pahdepie (Perjalanan Rasa)
“
وحيداً حين أمسي ففي وحدتي أنسي
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Your love for her belongs to you. It's yours. Even if she refuses it, she cannot change it. She isn't benefiting from it, thats all. What you give, Momo, is yours forever. What you keep is lost for all time!"-Monsieur Ibrahim
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
“
What you give, Momo, is yours forever. What you keep is lost for all time.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
Bangunlah malam, ia membantu untuk lulus ujian yang lain. Jangan sekali-kali membesarkan tidur.
”
”
Muhd Kamil Ibrahim (Bersyukur Saat Diuji)
“
ما الذي يمكنه أن يطمئن هذا الهديل الحزين بعينيك؟ من الذي يقول لك : ثمة فسحة دائماً في هذه الجدران؟!
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah
“
كل من حولنا يريدنا ان نعيش على الفتافيت، فتافيت الخبز، الكتب، الأمل، الحلم، فتافيت الوطن، وفتافيت الذكريات. لأنهم لا يريدون ان تكون هنالك خلفنا حتى ولو ذكرى واحدة كاملة تكفي لان نعود اليها.
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah
“
Once Ibrahim bin Adham saw a stone with the inscription, "Turn me over and read!" When he did an inscription appeared: "You do not practice what you know. Why do you seek what you do not know?
”
”
Ali bin Uthman Al-Hujwiri
“
May you never be the reason why someone who loved to sing, doesn’t anymore.
Or why someone who dressed so uniquely, now wears plain clothing.
Or why someone who always spoke so excitedly about their dreams, is now silent about them.
May you never be the reason someone gave up on a part of themselves because you were demotivating, non-appreciative, hypercritical, or even worse—sarcastic about it.
”
”
Sharouk Mustafa Ibrahim
“
ولن أَكْسِبُ شَيئًا إذا خَسِرتُ نَفْسي
And i will gain nothing if i lose myself
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
تَذكَرت ذلك اليوم الذي سَألتها فيها أنيسة: هل تعتقدين أن الحاح يحبك. فقالت بعد صمت طال: يمكن اه يمكن لا.لكن الشيء الذي متأكدة منه أنه يخاف الله, هل يكفي ذلك لأن أقول أنه يحبني؟
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (زمن الخيول البيضاء)
“
Nothing on earth nor in the sky is hidden from God
Quran-Ibrahim(38)
”
”
Anonymous (القرآن الكريم)
“
Haven't you ever thought of living
unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,
close to pears and the mossy dark,
far from human voices and fire?
- On İbrahim Balaban's Painting "Spring"
”
”
Nâzım Hikmet (Poems of Nazım Hikmet)
“
أَعيشُ عَلى فُتاتِ أَحْلامٍ
I live on remnants of dreams
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
عِشْ في هذا العالم كأنك وحدك، فأنت كذلك
Live in this world as you’re alone, because you’re
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
It was a community, and in Ibrahim's opinion that was how human beings were designed to live. At Coopers Chase, anytime you wanted to be alone, you would simply close your front door, and anytime you wanted to be with people, you would open it up again. If there was a better recipe for happiness than that, then Ibrahim was yet to hear it.
”
”
Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1))
“
Un homme, ça passe sa vie dans seulement deux endroits: soit son lit, soit ses chaussures.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
تَظاهَر بالحُبِّ حَتّى يُمكِنُكَ الصُمود
Pretend to love, so you can survive
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
وكأن العالم كله اتحد ضدي وفي مقدمتهم أنا
As if the whole world united against me and i’m leading him
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
الجهل... غربة فى الوطن
والمعرفة... وطن فى الغربة
”
”
Ahmed Ibrahim (لم تعد)
“
Enfin, le soufisme n'était pas une maladie, ce qui m'a déjà rassuré un peu, c'était une façon de penser -même s'il y a des façons de penser qui sont aussi des maladies, disait souvent monsieur Ibrahim.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
إن المكان المناسب الوحيد للإنسان النزيه في عالمنا هو السجن
”
”
Ibrahim al-Koni
“
Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
The cawing of a big, black crow awoke me early the next morning, but I remained still, pretending to be asleep. I didn’t want to see Ibrahim in the light of day, and I didn’t want to make more small talk. I felt hunger pains through the remnants of champagne and cognac from the night before. I wondered why I hadn’t eaten more, feeling silly about having been so insecure about my culinary etiquette.
Numb and void of emotion, I remained in a state of suspended animation reliving the events of our night of passion. The night before, I pictured silhouettes of angels dancing upon the ceiling in the moonlight, not disconnected bodies lying beneath the covers at a loss for words.
”
”
Samantha Hart (Blind Pony: As True A Story As I Can Tell)
“
Monsieur Ibrahim: To find out if a country is rich or poor, look at the bins. If there are bins and no rubbish, it's rich. If there's rubbish by the bins, it's neither rich nor poor... it's touristy. And if there's rubbish but no bins, then it's poor.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
أنا عالِقٌ بَينَ حَياةٍ وَمَوتٍ
I’m stuck between life and death
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Focus on bearing, and beauty will follow. Your looks will not remain with you for life. But your bearing will go with you to the grave.
”
”
Laila Ibrahim (Yellow Crocus)
“
Be happy about your own life and you'll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you'll find it to be.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
you know what I think, she says, still smiling, about somebody telling me what's legal and illegal of the way i dress? she holds up two middle fingers.
”
”
Tahereh Mafi (Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4))
“
وإني مُفارقك وإن كنت آبَى
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Maybe when water yearned for fire / it invented waves / so one day they might become flames
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah
“
It is magic, how words can be deadlier than daggers.
”
”
Maiya Ibrahim (Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1))
“
Ibrahim shook his head. "Women. You are enigmas."
"No, we're just always waiting for men to say the proper thing. Now and then you do. And upon such occasion, we rejoice.
”
”
Leanna Renee Hieber (The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess (Strangely Beautiful, #3))
“
Lorsque tu veux savoir si tu es dans un endroit riche ou pauvre, tu regardes les poubelles. Si tu vois ni ordures ni poubelles, c'est très riche. Si tu vois des poubelles et pas d'ordures, c'est riche. Si tu vois des ordures à côté des poubelles, c'est ni riche ni pauvre: c'est touristique. Si tu vois les ordures sans les poubelles, c'est pauvre. Et si les gens habitent dans les ordures, c'est très très pauvre.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
Dare to be a fool in the face of impossibilities.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
Believers do not carry their faith, faith is their wings. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary.
”
”
Ibrahim Emile
“
The fear of losing something makes you weak, lose it and gain your strength
”
”
Farid F. Ibrahim
“
Does it hurt?" asks Ibrahim.
"Only when I breathe," says Donna.
”
”
Richard Osman (The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2))
“
If I ever catch you putting your hands on him again, I will tear open your chest,” she says, “and rip out your heart.
”
”
Tahereh Mafi (Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4))
“
I don't read books to finish them, I read to consume them.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
I'm a lover not a fighter. But when I have to fight, I fight to win. There cannot be another outcome.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
.أنت ملاكٌ حينما تصيب، بشرٌ حينما تخطئ، وأنا شيطانٌ في الحالتين
You’re an angel when you’re right, a human when you're wrong, and i'm a devil in both.
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
It will seem impossible to take the first step. But on the second step, since you already did one, you know you can take another. Then another and another. Before long you will have walked into your new life.
”
”
Laila Ibrahim (Paper Wife)
“
Manakah yang besar penderitaan kita dengan penderitaan Nabi Adam? Yang di dalam surga bersenang-senang dengan istrinya, lalu disuruh ke luar. Dan manakah yang susah penderitaan kita dengan penderitaan Nabi Nuh, yang menyeru umat kepada Islam, padahal anaknya sendiri tidak mau mengikuti? Sehingga seketika disuruh Tuhan segala ahli kerabatnya naik perahu, anak itu tidak ikut. Malah ikut karam dengam orang banyak di dalam gulungan banjir. Di hadapan matanya! Dan kemudian datang pula vonis Tuhan bahwa anak itu bukan keluarganya.
Pernahkah kita lihat cobaan serupa yang ditanggung Ibrahim? Disuruh menyembelih anak untuk ujian, ke manakah dia lebih cinta, kepada Tuhannyakah atau kepada anaknya?
Yakub dipisahkan dari Yusufnya.
Yusuf diperdayakan seorang perempuan.
Ayub ditimpa penyakit yang parah.
Daud dan Sulaiman kena bermacam-macam fitnah. Demikian juga Zakaria dan Yahya. Yang memberikan jiwa mereka untuk korban keyakinan. Isa al-Masih pun demikian pula. Muhammad lebih-lebih lagi.
Pernahkah mereka mengeluh?
Tidak, karena mereka yakin bahwa kepercayaan kepada Tuhan menghendaki perjuangan dan keteguhan. Mereka tidak menuntut kemenangan lahir. Sebab mereka menang terus.
Mereka memikul beban seberat itu, menjadi Rasul Allah, memikul perintah Tuhan karena cintakan manusia. Oleh karena itu mereka tempuh kesusahan, pertama membuktikan cinta akan Tuhan, kedua menggembleng batin, ketiga karna rahim yang sayang dan segenap umat.hal. 79
”
”
Hamka
“
Don't talk about love, But speak out of love cause most of the liars are only perfect of talking about nothing but passion & don't talk about justice, But speak out of justice cause most of the oppressors are only perfect of talking about nothing but rightness.
”
”
Ibrahim Aslan
“
Don't worry, keep at it, you will soon shock the world
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
L'homme à qui Dieu n'a pas révélé la vie directement, ce n'est pas un livre qui la lui révélera.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
وحقي فيك يا وطني غريق
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Give everyone room to mess up so that when they do you won't be disappointed and if they don't you'll be impressed.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
I live on remnants of dreams
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
قد تقتل شخصًا ما، لكنك لن تتمكن، ابدًا، من ان تدفن ظلّه معه
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (ظلال المفاتيح)
“
Dalam politik tidak ada masa untuk kita rasa letih atau kecewa sehingga matlamat perjuangan itu tercapai.
”
”
Anwar Ibrahim
“
لكن ما لم تفهمه، أنها إذا ما أحبت شخصًا إلى حد كبير اكتفت بالنظر إلى صورته، لا إليه مباشرةً.
هل كانت تدرك أن ما يتبقى في النهاية هي الصور؟
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (سيرة عين)
“
But I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure.
”
”
Laila Ibrahim (Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1))
“
A thief never becomes an owner.
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Today humanity faces a stark choice: save the planet and ditch capitalism, or save capitalism and ditch the planet.
”
”
Fawzi Ibrahim
“
In the year of the sun was sun eclipse,
the sun of piety,
knowledge and divinity.
The establisher of the path of Tijaniyya,
the reviver of the traditions of the chocest of Adnan.
The servant of Allah,
the Imam of the Maliki law,
and affairs are for Allah for he is the possessor. He added that Sufism is a spritual clinic with doctors who have knowledge of attending to ailments of the soul. For a sick patient who requires cure and dosses of medicine from the clinic, there is the need for him to make declaration of his sickness and acceptance of patienthood.
”
”
Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse ra
“
فى حياة الفرد ثوانٍ كفيلة بان تجعل الزمن يتوقف عندها ساعات طويلة, ربما لها وقع السحر قد ترتد بالفرد صوب ماضيه السحيق, أو ربما القت به فى غياهب الحيرة القاتلة حتى يفقد القدرة على الشعور بالزمن ذاته
”
”
Ahmed Ibrahim (الدين الرابع)
“
ما يزعجني يا جار أن هذه الحروب لا تتغير نتائجها أبدا، إذ يخرج الناس منها مدمرين دائما، وتخرج الحكومات دون أي خدوش!
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (حرب الكلب الثانية)
“
Knowledge evolves, understanding matures and wisdom progresses. Don't be so hung up on what you think you know.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
The simplicity of life never ceases to amaze me, and the many ways we complicate it blows my mind.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
Kematangan tak datang dengan bertambahnya usia. Kematangan bermula dengan sikap menerima tanggungjawab
”
”
Salina Ibrahim (Tiada Khatimah Cinta)
“
Никога не съм виждал очи да се смеят така, тия негови очи се смеят с цяло гърло и вдигат адска врява.
”
”
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an)
“
.أن يكون لديك هدف -ولو بسيط- أفضل دائمًا من أن تكون بلا هدف
Having a goal, even though it is simple, is always better than being aimless.
”
”
Khaled Ibrahim
“
Penjara bukan untuk orang bersalah
dibuktikan kesalahan, kata bapak,
penjara untuk orang-orang berkuasa
membuktikan kekuasaan.
”
”
Nassury Ibrahim (Dongeng Bapak)
“
Work hard, be kind, be humble—and you will live a harmonious life.
”
”
Laila Ibrahim (Paper Wife)
“
تَذكَرت ذلك اليوم الذي سَألتها فيها أنيسة: هل تعدقين أن الحاح يحبك. فقالت بعد صمت طال: يمكن اه يمكن لا.لكن الشيء الذي متأكدة منه أنه يخاف الله, هل يكفي ذلك لأن أقول أنه يحبني؟
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (زمن الخيول البيضاء)
“
Wisdom is not in having resources, it's in knowing how to use them, when to use them & if to use them.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
Everyone that has ever done anything significant first found themselves in the place where the status quo no longer was enough.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
GOD made you a masterpiece, stop treating yourself like a shattered piece.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
أن تنتقل من صفحة إلى صفحة ومن كتاب إلى كتاب هو أفضل أنواع الترحال
”
”
Ahmed Ibrahim
“
قبل أن أفكّر بمدى خطورة الخطوة التي أنا بصدد الإقدام عليها، كنتُ قد خطوتها!
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (شرفة الهاوية)
“
في غاباتكِ، عليكِ أن تعترفي، لم يضع أحدٌ سواكِ.
”
”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (شرفة الهاوية)
“
When you can share the lessons you learnt through tears and heartache and others find life in it and are better off for it, then beauty has come out of those ashes.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
الندم قد يدفع الفرد لقرارٍ ما هربًا منه، لا حبًا في القرار ذاته...
”
”
Ahmed Ibrahim (الدين الرابع)
“
Every time we choose our past over our present we kill our future.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
Very soon the world too will see what GOD sees in you.
”
”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“
The truth is the thorn, not the rose.
”
”
Maiya Ibrahim (Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1))
“
People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to.
”
”
ibrahim kevin
“
Minat, bakat serta peluang jarang bertindan buat seseorang. Antara ketiga-tiga elemen ini, peluang paling payah hendak dikecapi. Maka, peluang harus menjadi faktor penentu dalam membuat keputusan.
”
”
Shah Ibrahim (Budak Meja Belakang)
“
When he hung over the death-bed of his infant son Ibrahim, resignation to the Will of God was exhibited in his conduct under this keenest of afflictions; and the hope of soon rejoining his child in paradise was his consolation. When he followed him to the grave, he invoked his spirit, in the awful examination of the tomb, to hold fast to the foundations of the faith, the Unity of God, and his own mission as a Prophet.
”
”
Washington Irving (Life of Mohammed)
“
...İbrahim Kurban 14'lüyü kafama dayadığında içimden 'Bravo Habip Beyciğim, gene başardınız." dedim. Kendime 'siz' diye hitap ederim. Saygınlığın ilk kuralı budur. Kendinizle aranıza mesafe koymazsanız, başkalarından bunu bekleyemezsiniz.
”
”
Murat Menteş (Dublörün Dilemması)
“
Oh oh Emine"ler, "Allah Allah bu nasıl sevmek"lerde, yalnızca taşra kendine şehirli bir kimlik keşfetmekle kalmadı, aynı zamanda şehir de kendi içindeki taşrayı, bugüne kadar seçkin olabilmek için dışarıda bırakmak zounda kaldığını, gelişebilmek için kıyıya itmiş olduğunu, Batılı olabilmek için bastırmak zorunda kaldığı şeyleri de keşfetti. İbrahim Tatlıses,sokağın artık adalet değil özgürlük istediği bir dönemin yıldızıydı.
”
”
Nurdan Gürbilek (Vitrinde Yaşamak: 1980'lerin Kültürel İklimi)
“
Everything is about death, you see.’ ‘Well, recently, yes,’ agrees Joyce. ‘But surely not everything? That seems a bit much?’ ‘In essence,’ says Ibrahim. ‘Our existence only makes sense because of it; it provides meaning to our narrative. Our direction of travel is always towards it. Our behaviour is either because we fear it, or because we choose to deny it. We could drive past this spot once a year, every year, and neither the horse nor ourselves would get younger. Everything is death.
”
”
Richard Osman (The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2))
“
يلعب التبرير - الحيلة الدفاعية الأشهر فى حياتنا - دورا محوريا فى شتى المواقف
فتارة ترانا نبيح لأنفسنا فعل الشئ الخاطئ بتعليلات مختلفة إما مضطرين أو مجبرين أو اى تعليل آخر يبعدنا عن الوقوع فى فخ المكاشفة ,وللهرب من حقيقة أنفسنا وهى أننا نبرر خطأ فادح !!
كيف لنفس سوية أن تحتمل الاعتراف بخطأ أخلاقى بهذه القذارة !!!
عن الخيانة اتحدث
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”
Ahmed Ibrahim
“
Yang penting diingati ialah tatkala kita mahu kembali menggali dari tradisi yang lalu, kita harus bersedia untuk memilih tradisi yang dapat mengembangkan kemanusiaan kita masakini, bukan pula dari tradisi budaya yang membelenggu dan mengkerdilkan keperibadian, pandangan dunia dan sistem nilai.
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Azhar Ibrahim (Bahasa dan Tantangan Intelektualisme)
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Dear Stephen,’ he begins. ‘This is a difficult letter to write, but I know it will be a great deal more difficult to read. I will come straight to it. I believe you are in the early stages of dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s.’ Elizabeth can hear her heart beating through her chest. Who on earth has chosen to shatter their privacy this way? Who even knows? Her friends? Has one of them written? They wouldn’t dare, not without asking. Not Ibrahim, surely? He might dare. ‘I am not an expert, but it is something I have been looking into. You are forgetting things, and you are getting confused. I know full well what you will say – “But I’ve always forgotten things. I’ve always been confused!” – and you are right, of course, but this, Stephen, is of a different order. Something is not right with you, and everything I read points in just one direction.’ ‘Stephen,’ says Elizabeth, but he gently gestures for hush. ‘You must also know that dementia points in just one direction. Once you start to descend the slope, and please believe me when I say you have started, there is no return. There may be footholds here and there, there may be ledges on which to rest, and the view may still be beautiful from time to time, but you will not clamber back up.’ ‘Stephen, who wrote you this letter?’ Elizabeth asks. Stephen holds up a finger, asking her to be patient a few moments more. Elizabeth’s fury is decreasing. The letter is something she should have written to him herself. This should not have been left to a stranger. Stephen starts
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Richard Osman (The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4))
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يرسل الموت رسائله، مرة تصلنا بسرعة الطائرة، مرة بسرعة الباخرة، ومرة بسرعة الحمام الزاجل، ومرة بسرعة الأحصنة. فجأة يختطف من يريد من بين أيدينا، من بين أحضاننا، وعلى مهله يختطف آخرين، وفي الحالين لا نستطيع أن نفعل شيئًا..
إنه ينتصر، إذا ما باغتنا، وينتصرإذا ما أرسل لنا إنذارًا بأنه قادم. أحيانًا ندرك ما علينا أن نفعله، فنلتجئ إلى حصن الدواء، وأحيانًا إلى حصن الدّعاء الذي لا يبقى لنا سواه، ولكنه أيضًا ينتصر..
ينتصر علينا ونحن في كامل عافيتنا، وينتصر علينا ونحن في مَهبّ عِلَلِنا، أحيانًا صغارًا ناصعين كالملائكة، وأحيانًا كبارًا، سواء لفحتنا المعصية أو غمرنا الإيمان..
لكن الموت يظل هو الموت، ودائمًا ينتصر.
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Ibrahim Nasrallah (سيرة عين)
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I don’t love those who love me. I love those whom I love. Do you know why?” He did not wait for a response but continued as if to himself: “Whoever loves me places fetters around my neck. Anyone I love gets shackles around his neck.” “Amazing! I’ve always thought we fell captive to those we love, not to those who love us.” “That’s the logic of the masses. That’s the language of weaklings, who don’t know why they love the ones they love. They have no strength or ability to stop loving those they loved when they realize the truth about them.
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Ibrahim al-Koni (The Seven Veils of Seth: A Modern Arabic Novel from Libya (Arab Writers in Translation))
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Long before the Aryan Judeo-Christian plagiarization of the Semite's Scripture took place, the ancient Egyptian concept of the Trinity was a calendrical system of theology. The Aryan Osirian Jew annexed the ancient Egyptian calendar through Osiris' Scepter, while the Aryan Atenian Christian did so through Horus' Scepter. Both Scepters, however, symbolize that very same calendrical anchor when the cow-god YHWH annually rested in ancient Egypt; an event which the Jew and the Christian projected weekly and commemorated on Scepterday and Sonday, consecutively. The Jew has temporally reduced the symbol of the Scepter to the Sabbath, whereas the Christian has spatially reduced it to the Sun; a temporospatial ancient Egyptian unholiness of plagiarizing Semitic Scripture and its seven-days week calendar. That Judeo-Christian Trinity -which the former is trying so hard to conceal while the latter shies not from proclaiming- consists of the three ancient Egyptian calendrical elements: Sky, Moon and Sun. These elements were Hathor, Osiris and Horus who later on became to be identified as YHWH, the departed King coming as the Holy Spirit and the Son.
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Ibrahim Ibrahim (The Mill of Egypt: The Complete Series Fused)
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Prior to modern times, the term 'Islamic' (Islami in Arabic) was almost never used to define the provenance, status, or substance of things. There was no such thing as 'Islamic art', 'Islamic economics', or even 'Islamic law.' ... The encounter with the modern West, however, ultimately changed the status of 'Islamic.' Inasmuch as the rise of the West converted the achievements of Darwin, Descartes, and Hegel from mere English, French, or German achievements into explicitly 'Western' ones, it also engendered the need for a parallel convention for demarcating the non-Western 'other.' The Western provenance of the modern neologism 'Islamic' is perhaps best revealed in its tendency to connote geography and ethnicity. 'Islamic', in other words, connotes not simply that which is related to or a product of Islam as a religion but that which relates to a particularly non-European people in a non-European part of the world. In this capacity, it carries both a descriptive and a prescriptive force... For no modern Muslim nor non-Muslim would include the likes of such Arab Christians as Michel Aflaq or San' Allah Ibrahim among the 'thinkers of Islam.' Rather, in Western parlance, the modern 'Islamic' began as an instrument to demarcate the boundary between the west and a particular set of 'others.' In Muslim hands, it would go on to evolve into a full-blown signifier of normative Islam and a tool for delineating the boundary between it and Islam. Its added utility, moreover, as a mechanism for elevating the achievements of Muslims to the level of a civilization rivaling that of Europe rendered it all the more irresistible and gained for it universal acceptance throughout the Muslim world.
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Sherman A. Jackson (Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection)
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في قديم الزمان , حين لم يكن على الأرض اناس بعد ,كانت الفضائل
و الرذائل تطوف العالم معًا , وتشعر بالملل الشديد ! ذات يوم وللخروج
من هذا الملل اقترح الجنون لعبة واسماها الأستغماية
احب الجميع الفكرة .وصرخ الجنون :اريد ان أبدأ انا صاحب الفكرة وانا من
سيغمض عينيه ويبدأ العد . وانتم عليكم الأختباء , وبدأ يعد
وبدأت الفضائل والرذائل بالاختباء
الرقة وجدت مكانا لنفسها في القمر واخفت الخيانة نفسها في كومة طين
واندس الأمل بين الغيوم !
الكذب قال بصوت عال : سأخفي نفسي تحت الحجارة ومضى الشوق الى قعر بحيرة طبرية
واستمر الجنون بالعد .خلال ذلك اتمت الفضائل والرذائل اختباءها , ما عدا الحب
كعادته لم يكن صاحب قرار , تابع الجنون : تسعة وتسعون ...مائة ,حينها قفز الحب
داخل شجيرة ورد ,فتح الجنون عينيه وبدأ البحث
وجدهم الجنون جميعًا ماعدا الحب فكاد يصيب بالاحباط ,لكن الحسد اقترب منه وهمس :الحب مختف في شجيرة الورد
التقط الجنون شوكة كبيرة كرأس رمح وبدأ بطعن شجرة الورد ,لم يتوقف الا عندما سمع بكاء يمزق القلوب
ظهر الحب وهو يحجب عينيه بيديه والدم يقطر بين اصابعه , صاح الجنون :يا الهي ماذا فعلت؟
ماذا افعل كي اصلح غلطتي بعد ان افقدتك البصر؟
اجابه الحب:لن تستطيع اعاد النظر الي لن تستطيع .
مرت ايام والحزن يخيم على كل شيئ . وذات صباح عاد الجنون وقال للحب:
اريد ان اصلح غلطتي ساعدني!
قال الحب : هل انت متأكد من ذلك , ايا كان ما سأطلبه ؟
فقال الجنون : سأفعل كل ما تريد
اطرق الحب بعد صمت طويل :كن دليلي
وهذا ما حصل منذ تلك الأيام .يمضي الحب في الأرض اعمى ,ويقوده الجنون.
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Ibrahim Nasrallah