Independent Thoughts [alnaim.com]

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity. -- Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Ali bin Abi Taleb

"لا تجبروا أولادكم على أخلاقكم فإنهم خلقوا لزمان غير زمانكم"

-علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه

4 Comments:

  • At 9:24 PM , humblemuslimah said...

    please translate what you are saying as my arabic is not too good

     
  • At 3:12 AM , Abdulaziz Alnaim said...

    i'll try, here I go. I think it translates to "don't force your values/morals on your children for they were created (your children) for a time that is different than your time."

     
  • At 11:03 PM , humblemuslimah said...

    yes I remember reading something along that line before shukran.

     
  • At 10:59 PM , Yara said...

    First time I come across this saying, very nice.

     

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