Jihad is Not Always Fighting
Modesty Doesn’t Prevent Learning
January 1, 2011
Fear of Hypocrisy
January 3, 2011
إن الرجل ليجاهد ، وما ضرب يوما من الدهر بسيف
A person may struggle in the way of God, without ever striking a sword even once.
—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]
(from Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, commentary on al-Ankabut:6)
