EGYPTIAN TEACHER STORY
* The story of an Egyptian teacher * She always advised her students to live according to this verse of the Qur'an وَعَجِلتُ لَِلَيَكَ رَبِّ لِتَرضَى "(Surah Ta Ha, 85) Translation (Lord, I hastened to come to You so that you may be pleased). She used to say that I am very impressed with this verse whenever I hear the call to prayer and if I am busy with any work, I would remind myself of this verse and leave everything and stand up to pray. This verse reminds me and wakes me up at 2:00 pm when the tahajjud alarm goes off and I want to sleep more soundly. The woman's husband was in the habit of giving her food instructions on the phone when he came home from work so that when he got home he would have hot food ready and he would eat and sleep. One day he ordered a buffalo meal on the phone (the grape leaves are stuffed with rice and then they are cooked over a low heat is a very time consuming dish). When the call to prayer was he...