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sable is 24% done with Pride and Prejudice
the distance is nothing, when one has a motive
Oct 29, 2025 02:32AM Add a comment
Pride and Prejudice

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sable is 7% done with No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
Suffering isn’t some kind of external, objective source of oppression and pain. There might be things that cause you to suffer, such as loud music or bright lights, which may bring other people joy. There are things that bring you joy that annoy other people. The rainy day that ruins your plans for a picnic is a boon for the farmer whose field is parched.
Jan 22, 2025 05:44PM 2 comments
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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sable is on page 107 of 184 of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
the difference living in a culture that provides little opportunity for leisure, and one that provides much.

the farm boy following the plough with book in hand, the mother reading aloud to her family on a sunday afternoon, the merchant reading announcements of the latest clipper arrivals - these were different kinds of readers from those of today.
May 07, 2024 11:10AM 1 comment
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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sable is on page 26 of 184 of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
beginning in the fourteenth century, the clock made us into time-keepers, and then time-savers, and now time-servers.

in the process, we have learned irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, for in a world made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is superseded
Apr 25, 2024 12:26PM Add a comment
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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sable is on page 135 of 640 of The Noble Life of the Prophet Volume 1
"Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the King and Creator of all that exists, had mercy on and honoured, from above the seven heavens, creatures called human beings who live on a planet called earth, which is an infinitely small speck in the universe."
Feb 13, 2024 09:44AM Add a comment
The Noble Life of the Prophet Volume 1

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sable is starting أنا وأخي... توأم
don't mind me, just going to statpad a little with arabic children books
Jun 26, 2023 09:48AM Add a comment
أنا وأخي... توأم

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sable is on page 67 of 223 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
forgot how quickly you can read fiction books, this feels like a hack
Jun 09, 2023 01:04PM Add a comment
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

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sable is on page 21 of 222 of Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
the paradox the surprise and the wonder are that the clock was invented by men who wanted to devote themselves more rigorously to God; it ended as the technology of greatest use to men who wished to devote themselves to the accumulation of money
Feb 06, 2023 02:53PM Add a comment
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

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sable is on page 137 of 280 of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
so far it's literally just been the history of technological advancement. from paper to clocks to radios to TV and then it stops at the internet. pretty interesting but I was expecting the crux of the matter (the title) to come a little earlier

nevertheless, I've reached it and he's begun to talk about studies and cognitive overload and lots of interesting stuff but since it's written in 2011 it feels incomplete
Nov 15, 2022 01:10AM 1 comment
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

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sable is on page 61 of 96 of At Their Feet: Piety Towards Parents
Abu Ghassan al-Dhabbi narrated that he once went out walking at the outskirts of Madinah and his father was walking behind him. He met Abu Hurayrah (rady Allahu 'anhu) who asked, "Who is this person walking behind you?' I said, My father. He said, 'You have done a wrong thing and have contradicted the Sunnah. Don't walk in front of your father. Walk behind him or on his right! Don't let anyone come in between you and
Oct 13, 2022 02:43PM 1 comment
At Their Feet: Piety Towards Parents

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sable is 25% done with A Talib’s Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman
rly interesting so far but also sometimes a little frustrating.

tells us about the Panjpiris who are basically the Salafis or as he says the "wahaabis of the pashtun" and how they're traditional.

he quotes a poem of Rahman Baba saying:

if the form of Muhammad ﷺ had not been created, God would not have created this world.
Mar 08, 2022 02:21PM 1 comment
A Talib’s Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman

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sable is 27% done with The Disease and the Cure
Al Shafii also said on another occasion:

I complained to Waki about my poor memory, so he instructed me to leave off sins

he said to me: know that this knowledge is a blessing and the blessings of Allah are not given to the sinners
Feb 17, 2022 09:53AM Add a comment
The Disease and the Cure

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sable is 15% done with The Disease and the Cure
your hope of mercy from one whom you do not obey is delusion and feeblemindedness
Feb 13, 2022 06:42AM Add a comment
The Disease and the Cure

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sable is on page 90 of 656 of The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
When Allah's Messenger ﷺ was twelve years old and they say plus two months and ten days he went with his uncle Abu Talib on a trade journey to Syria.

When they reached Busra (which was a part of Syria, in the vicinity of Hawran under the Roman domain), there was a monk named Bahirah (they say his name was Georges), who came out to meet them, and although he had not met them before, he readily recognized the Prophet
Jan 15, 2022 02:44AM 1 comment
The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

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sable is on page 120 of 368 of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer. It enhances your memory and makes you more creative. It makes you look more attractive. It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia. It wards off colds and the flu. It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, not to mention diabetes. You'll even feel happier, less depressed, less anxious
Jan 08, 2022 02:36PM 7 comments
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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sable is on page 63 of 368 of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Elephants need half as much sleep as humans, requiring just four hours of slumber each day. Tigers and lions devour fifteen hours of daily sleep. The brown bat outperforms all other mammals, being awake for just five hours each day while sleeping nineteen hours. Total amount of time is one of the most conspicuous differences in how organisms sleep.
Jan 07, 2022 03:53PM 2 comments
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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sable is on page 107 of 384 of قصص النبيين للأطفال
slowly but surely !
Jul 15, 2021 04:52AM Add a comment
قصص النبيين للأطفال

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