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Quran Reflections: The Verse of Light
A lamp within a lamp — what the image of light asks of a heart that has grown tired of the dark.
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Hadith: A Word of Kindness on the Tongue
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A word of kindness is charity. It costs nothing, takes no planning, and can change the entire weather of a person's day.
“I have watched a single sentence carry someone for years.”
Which means the opposite is also true — and I have tried, since understanding this, to be far more careful with my criticism than with my praise.
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The 99 Names: Ar-Rahim, the Especially Merciful
There is a mercy reserved for the moment you are certain you have earned the opposite.