folio » Inspiration http://folio.me.uk in pursuit of the garden Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Realities http://folio.me.uk/2011/02/realitie/ http://folio.me.uk/2011/02/realitie/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:54:06 +0000 Timothy Bowes http://folio.me.uk/?p=2171

“People praise you for what they suppose is in you, but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.”

]]> http://folio.me.uk/2011/02/realitie/feed/ 1 Wondrous are his affairs http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/wondrous-are-his-affairs/ http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/wondrous-are-his-affairs/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:36:57 +0000 Timothy Bowes http://folio.me.uk/?p=2097

“Wondrous are the believer’s affairs. For him there is good in all his affairs, and this is so only for the believer. When something pleasing happens to him, he is grateful, and that is good for him; and when something displeasing happens to him, he is patient, and that is good for him.”

]]> http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/wondrous-are-his-affairs/feed/ 3 Rabana la tajalna fitnatan lilathina kafarou http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/rabana-la-tajalna-fitnatan-lilathina-kafarou/ http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/rabana-la-tajalna-fitnatan-lilathina-kafarou/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:45:52 +0000 Timothy Bowes http://folio.me.uk/?p=2087

“O our Lord, do not make us a tribulation to those who disbelieved.”

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]]> http://folio.me.uk/2010/11/oppression/feed/ 2 Think well of your brother http://folio.me.uk/2010/02/think-well-of-your-brother/ http://folio.me.uk/2010/02/think-well-of-your-brother/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:35:28 +0000 Timothy Bowes http://folio.me.uk/?p=1809 To think well of Muslims is to regard nothing they do or say as evil when it can be interpreted otherwise. If you cannot find a good interpretation, in the case of sins, for example, then reproach them for committing them, and believe that their faith will eventually drive them to refrain and repent of them.

— Al-Haddad, The Book of Assistance

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