"O you who carry the heavy burden of abundant sins, yet are...
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28 August, 2025

"O you who carry the heavy burden of abundant sins, yet are deprived of weeping and lamentation!

Weep over the drought of your tears.

The pious predecessors (Aslaf) possessed the finest piety, yet they still used to weep. You possess a mountain of sins, and yet you laugh."

[Al-Khawatim by Ibn al-Jawzi: 254]

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The Lesson of the Burnt Roti: A Father's Wisdom on Forgiveness and Relationships
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The Lesson of the Burnt Roti: A Father's Wisdom on Forgiveness and Relationships

Abul Kalam says: One night at dinner time, my mother placed curry and a burnt roti (bread) in front of my father. I kept waiting for my father's reaction, thinking he might express his anger, but he ate his meal with absolute calmness and, at the same time, asked me how my day went at school....