To muslim brothers (On the Tip of a Muslim Tongue)

Abdul Wahab
By Abdul Wahab

On the Tip of a Muslim Tongue

1. Assalaamu Alaykum (Peace be upon you) - by way of greetings

2. Wa alaykumus salaam (peace be upon you) - in reply to the greetings

3. Bismillah (in the name of Allah) - before making a beginning

4. Jazakallah (may Allah reward you) - for expression of thanks

5. Fi Amanullah (may Allah protect you) - by way of saying good-bye

6. Subhaanallah (glory be to Allah) - for praising something

7. Insha Allah (if Allah wishes) - for expressing a desire to do something

8. Astaghfirullah (I beg Allah for forgiveness) - repenting for sins before Allah

9. Maa shaa Allah (as Allah has willed) - for expressing appreciation of something good

10. Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) - for showing gratitude to Allah after success or even after completing anything

11. Yaa Allah (Oh Allah) - when in pain or distress, calling upon Allah and none else

12. Aameen (may it be so) - the end of a Dua or prayer

13. Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon (to Allah we belong and to Him is our return) - this is uttered as an expression of sympathy of the news of some loss or some one's death.

By Mom_me• 18 Jan 2008 07:51
Mom_me

A crude explanation from the lady said 'it is to restore your life back as with every sneeze the life energy (don't know the correct word) is forced out'.

By diamond• 14 Jan 2008 17:44
diamond

Red Pope, don't be silly...people of my calibre and breeding don't have noisy bodily functions...please do NOT drag me down to the gutter with you lol ;)

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Love is the answer...

By anonymous• 14 Jan 2008 15:13
anonymous

Will you say "God Bless you" when you fart or burp real hard?

The Red Pope of Qatar Living

By diamond• 14 Jan 2008 07:22
diamond

Yes, Jauntie, I know why one says Bless You when someone sneezes...it is from the time of The Plague in England. Sneezing was one of the symptoms so when someone sneezed it could mean they were coming down with the fatal disease.

Soya latte please.

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Love is the answer...

By jauntie• 14 Jan 2008 04:03
jauntie

Love your cartoon :D

The Confessional Boxes I knew as a kid had really hard seats!

Off to my bye byes now - cya soon zzzz

Say three Hail Marys for me OK ?

Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth

By anonymous• 14 Jan 2008 03:52
anonymous

The Red Pope of Qatar Living

Juantie inside the Confession Booth!

By anonymous• 14 Jan 2008 03:43
anonymous

Booth is American

Box is UK

Pedestal is french

LOL

Your picture is sinister looking, Do you sleep inside that Box?

Must be all your confessions just ruined my paint and frescos....

The Red Pope of Qatar Living

By jauntie• 14 Jan 2008 03:33
jauntie

Booth is some new fangled name for it ;)

It's not a telephone 'booth' it's a box (as were the old telephone boxes also!)

I do believe I have a 'thing' about how it's called! :D

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Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth

By anonymous• 14 Jan 2008 03:10
anonymous

I can't stop sneezing everytime I read this thread.

I'm kind react badly and get very allergic to it.

I rather post my Common denominator "The Confession Booth"

The Red Pope of Qatar Living

By jauntie• 14 Jan 2008 02:41
jauntie

a pocket full o' posies

a-tishoooooooo

a-tishoooooooo

we all fall down

Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth

By jauntie• 14 Jan 2008 02:38
jauntie

I shall buy a coffee for anyone who knows the answer!

Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth

By Mom_me• 10 Jan 2008 21:58
Mom_me

Thanks DG. Correct, she used to say 'arahmakumallah'.

By diamond• 10 Jan 2008 21:56
diamond

Mom_me, when someone sneezes he/she says 'alhamdulillah' (thanks be to Allah). Anyone who heard the sneeze can then say 'arahmakumallah' (Allah have mercy on you). The sneezer then replies 'ajarkumallah' (may Allah bless you)!

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Love is the answer...

By Mom_me• 10 Jan 2008 21:23
Mom_me

If I am not wrong :

Ma Salaam : Good Bye

What is uttered when someone sneezes. There is a blessing which an old lady would say, I am forgetting.

By hassan1024• 10 Jan 2008 21:20
hassan1024

I think Insha'Allah has been defined wrong :)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Why, it's a flying Dane!!

By diamond• 10 Jan 2008 21:10
diamond

perhaps we can add to it...

14. Alhamdulillah asalama (thank Allah you returned safely)- returning from travel, after illness, childbirth...

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Love is the answer...

By anonymous• 10 Jan 2008 20:46
anonymous

Very nice compilation

never realized there were so many of them until you listed it out for us...

By diamond• 10 Jan 2008 20:04
diamond

for everyone really...especially people who may not understand these phrases...

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Love is the answer...

By Scarlett• 10 Jan 2008 19:29
Scarlett

don't speak arabic but want to learn...this will be very helpful when i hear someone say those phrases......

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