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“The first Muslim, and perhaps person, to make a real attempt to construct a flying machine and fly was Cordoban 'Abbas ibn Firnas in the ninth century. [...] His greatest fame was for constructing a flying machine, the first of its kind capable of carrying a human into the air. [...] Western sources wrongly gave him a Latin name calling him Armen Firman, instead of 'Abbas ibn Firnas.”

“The Al-Muqaddimah is a gigantic endeavor, a discourse on universal history. Ibn Khaldun explored and implemented the idea that the documentation of history is not just a list of correct facts, but is dependent on who is interpreting them, what region they come from and when, as well as their impartiality. This was a revolutionary approach and his methodology is still used by historians today.”

I discovered a free course to learn Arabic (you must know how to read it already). They offer classes in English, Dutch and Swedish. Since some teachers charge a lot I thought I would share it. Classes are held over Discord (men speak on the microphone, women type). I'm not familiar with the institute but have a good feeling alhamdulilah. Their IG: https://www.instagram.com/al.furqan.i...#

“Medieval Muslims were also making observations and calculations about their surroundings to make sense of their environment. Al-Biruni discussed the theory of the Earth rotating on its own axis 600 years before Galileo, while also explaining the ebb and flow of tides. Others noted why the sky was blue, causes of rainbows, and size of the Earth's circumference.”

A social experiment where a woman called churches to see if they would give baby formula to a mother with a crying baby has gone viral. Dozens of churches said no. You know who immediately agreed to help her, asking where she lives and what kind of formula she needs? The mosque! Years of anti-Muslim propaganda destroyed in seconds, alhamdulillah🩵

“The Great Mosque of Cordoba, called the Mesquita, was the springboard for much of European architecture. Its vast hall of polychrome, horseshoe, and intersecting arches, ribbed vaults, and domes all made their way north.”

❝ʿAbdullāh b. Al-Zubayr said, “I have never seen two women more generous than ‘Ā`ishah and Asmā`. They had different ways of being generous. As for ‘Ā`ishah, she used to gather things, until she had a collection, then she would distribute it. As for Asmā`, she would never keep anything until the next day.”

Al-Bukhārī, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad. Shaykh Al-Albānī grades its chain of transmission ṣaḥīḥ❞

This is the diary of an Iraqi doctor who spent a month working in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. As a toddler he endured the American bombardments of Baghdad and fled to The Netherlands. The title translates as ''Today was already worse than yesterday.'' I am eager to read about the resilient people of Palestine and their hardships from the perspective of a Muslim who experienced it from as close as possible...

❝He who practises it (remembrance of God) is rich without possessions, honoured without followers and revered without rank. One who neglects it is, by contrast, poor with all his wealth, abased with all his rank and power, worthless with all his followers.❞

‘‘Abu Muslim used to engage in such abundant remembrance of God that a man once saw him and asked [another], ‘Is your friend [here] mad?’ Hearing this, Abu Muslim replied, ‘This is not madness, my nephew. This is the cure for madness.’’’

❝Librarians were appointed to take charge and this was an honored position, only for the most learned. Only those "of unusual attainment" were considered as custodians of the libraries, the guardians and protectors of knowledge. The management of the libraries of the Almohad dynasty, the rulers in North Africa in the 12th and 13th centuries, was one of the most privileged state positions.❞

“Materials such as plastic, rayon, artincial rubber, and gasoline, and medicines such as insulin and penicillin, all stem from the chemical industry of the early Muslims, who were chemistry revolutionaries.”

“Because education was held in such high esteem, money was given generously and learning flourished. Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century Muslim traveler, talks about the student, who was supported 100 percent: "anyone who wishes to pursue a course of studies or to devote himself to the religious life receives every aid to the execution of this purpose.”

“Ninth-century polymath AI-Kindi first laid down the foundations of modern-day optics by questioning the Greek theories of vision. He said that how we see, our visual cone, is not formed of discrete rays as Euclid had said, but appeared as a volume, in three dimensions, of continuous radiations.”

“And if they ask you about Gaza
Tell them
In it there is a martyr
nursed by a martyr
photographed by a martyr
sent off by a martyr
and prayed for by a martyr”

— Unknown

This book seems like a neutral reading guide with the type of objective reading advice you get when you’re 10 years old and told to dissect a text in class. But it’s more like philosophical discourse on reading, lots of hidden subjective statements. I feel like we let our guard down when we read these seemingly objective books, but we shouldn’t

“Better a dog of the Ait Atta, than Sultan under the French.’’

— Saying of the Middle Atlas

''Eesa 'alayhi salam said, ''Glad tidings for whose speech is a reminder, his silence is thought, and his look is a lesson.''

From all the shocking revelations in this book — and there were many — one that stayed with me was that many detainees weren't allowed to go home or travel once they were released. They were dropped in pro-American countries and beaten by police, thrown onto the street, put in refugee camps or refused medical care. Some disappeared in the UAE.. May Allah grant them patience and reward them🥺

"I had learned that praying and reciting the Qur'an completely shut off all my senses so that I didn't hear, I didn't see, I didn't feel anymore. I just existed in the moment but outside the moment. Interrogators could talk for hours. They could do all kinds of humiliating things to me and they did. But it didn't matter anymore." ...💔

"...the mountains and the wilderness brag and rejoice with the one who remembers Allah upon them" 💚

When asked whether he does not fear that communist ideology is gaining popularity as a result of the support for the independence aspirations of the Arabs, Abdelkrim answers:

"We are mostly Muslims, which means that we find in the Qur'an a philosophy and religion that satisfies us completely. So we have no need for a suspect doctrine that comes from abroad and is contrary to our mentality."

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Translated:

"If you have a path to walk, and you know you might get killed, you should walk it anyway. If you don't get killed, you've done your job, and that's okay. If you do get killed, you've been a man, and that's okay too."

— Si Abd-el-Haddi, a resident of the Rif, to Swedish journalist Hans Langlet

May Allah have mercy on the Muslims who fought to end the reign of kuffar over our lands🤍✨️

"Reading is really Allah's early reward to the believer; a first reward before the Day of Judgment!" — Shaykh Abdulaziz ibn Baz (رحمه الله)

Assalamu alaykoum sisters🌸 There are a lot of Islamic books available for free online (without having to risk downloading from a malicious website) so if anyone in interested in a particular topic or anything, feel free to send me a message

''Emad smiled, reciting poetry:

"What day from death shall I flee?
A day not destined, I do not fear,
A day not destined, or a day decreed?
From what is destined, the cautious does not escape."

"Tears welled up in his eyes, and a profound silence enveloped the attendees, broken only by a bird's chirp or the rustle of leaves shaken by the wind. Then he said, "This soil is our soil, and this land is our land, kneaded by the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) with their pure blood, and it must be kneaded again with pure, sanctified blood from the followers of the Prophet (ﷺ) until it is liberated anew."

''They sat in a tight circle, whispering for hours into the night, taking turns to keep watch. As dawn approached, they left the house one by one, with Abu Hatem being the last. He locked the door, placed the key back under the doorstep, and they set off, reciting "And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see." [Qur'an 36:9]

''Most of those who will enter Paradise will be the weak and destitute, whom people tend to ignore and care little about, but in the sight of Allah they are important, because they fear Him and worship Him faithfully and with humility.''

“The Messenger (ﷺ) has told us about those who will receive the lightest punishment in Hell. Bukhari reports from An-Nu‘maan ibn Basheer, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The person who will have the least punishment among the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under the arch of whose feet will be placed a smouldering ember, and his brains will boil because of it.”