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My Favourite Poem from the Diwan of Imam Al-Shafi
Imam Shafi is one of the most well known scholars in Islamic history and is one of the founders of the four madhahib. His father sent him to a bedouin tribe to learn Arabic, which was common is Baghdad in those days. I am roughly translating one my favourite qasida’s from his diwan. Droplets of… Continue reading
Quran
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
“As for those who believe and do good, We will certainly absolve them of their sins, and reward them according to the best of what they used to do.” Surah Al ‘Ankabut, Ayat 7