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
Muslim, writer, RN, embodying a safer space
Muslim, writer, RN, embodying a safer space
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
Ify Okoye 
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