Character is like pregnancy, you cannot hide it.
Success is a ladder which cannot be climbed with your hands in your pockets.
– Sayings from the African continent
Gem
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Assalamalikum wa rahmatulahi wa barakatu,
Masha’Allah simply beautiful I’ll go check and see if my mum’s familiar with the phrase
Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
A woman I know from Ivory Coast mentioned that she had heard the the first one while living in Nigeria and the second one I found over here:
Unique African Proverbs
as salaamu alaikum. african proverbs contain such wisdom. this is one of my favorites: โUntil lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.โ
As-Salaamu ‘alaikum
At the following link you will read about the 49,981 signatures have now been received on a terrible petition against the London ‘Mega mosque’ based on incorrect and inciteful information. This shows the existence of the intolerance and Islamophobia in Britain.
http://radicalmuslim.blogsome.com/2007/05/30/the-mega-mosque/
The mosque would provide a place of worship and show Britains tolerance and multiculturalism. It is now the duty of Muslims and evey citizen to sign the counter-petition to BUILD the ‘Mega Mosque’.
Please sign at the link below, forward email it to your friends, post it in forums you visit and promote this on your site/blog.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/buildmosque/
Assalamalikum w arah matulahi wa barakatu,
I asked my mum and I can’t believe it she said she’s never heard that proverb before.I know she misses how thought I would bring back some old memories Oh well …..
assalamu Alaykum,
I really like your blog. Masha’Allah, its really awesome.
wasalam,
bilal
As-salaamu ‘alaykum ukthi. There is another saying from Africa that I love: “It takes a village to raise a child.”
Asalamu alaykum,
I like those sayings. Practical and wise ๐
Asalamaoleykum,
I’ve tagged you so please check out my blog for details!
I guess character is the root of a person’s evil. You can hide personality and change your behavious as and when an alteration is required but character, no way… it is what others perceive of you! Nice insight. I guess it is also time for me to pull out my hands from my pockets.
“I guess character is the root of a person’s evil…”
I think you may be right about that, Maria. ๐ Shaykh Hamza Yusuf wrote an excellent book called “Purification of the Heart”; I highly reccomend it.
Asalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah,
Jamal: I’ve heard about it that, I’ll have to check it out.
Bint Abdullah: I hadn’t heard those proverbs either until recently.
Bilal: Thanks, in sha Allah I’ll drop by your blog.
Abdul Quddus: While I agree with the message of that proverb it is so overplayed in the media that it has lost some of its meaning and is now more like a punch line.
The Imugi: Welcome to the blog, I like those sayings as well.
UmSuhayb: I’ve been working on your tag, I hope to post my response soon.
Maria: I feel it is time for me to pull my hands out of my pockets in some areas in my life and definitely character traits/flaws are hard to disguise.
thank you for sharing these, they’re beautiful