Tuesday, November 11 · Jumada I 20, 1447 AH

That day

One ayah. One hadith. One name. Quiet things, in their place.

Today's verse · evil

Al-Mu'minun 23:96

ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

IdfaAA billatee hiya ahsanu assayyi-atanahnu aAAlamu bima yasifoon

Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

Repel evil by that which is better. We are most knowing of what they describe.

Today's hadith · brotherhood

Sahih al-Bukhari 481, Sahih Muslim 2585

Like bricks in a wall

الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا

Al-mu'minu li-l-mu'mini ka-l-bunyani yashuddu ba'duhu ba'da.

A believer to a believer is like a single structure, one part supporting the other.

Narrated by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.