Essays by Akrom Malik on ethics, language, literature and life.
A child is born in 9 months and 9 days. A young man becomes ready for life physically and mentally at 20. A person reaches maturity at 40. Fruits too need time to ripen. Whatever…
Whether it is play and amusement or some other occupation — if a person has even a little conscience, then when he senses that he has done nothing useful for either this world or…
THE IN-LAWS Section Five The Groom and His In-Laws As the respected reader has probably noticed, we are striving to explain every situation in the family in detail and to set out…
If one who loves Allah works for Allah, and his aim is Allah's pleasure, yet he speaks of it, and others admire him for it and say, “Bravo, what a godly man you are,” and he…
THE IN-LAWS Section Four The Bride The truth a bride must come to understand is that she is the center of the lineage, of the family. All affairs, all talk revolve around the…
The nations that have made etiquette their chief standard and rule have bright fortunes, and their lives are free of sorrow. Those who did not hold etiquette necessary have pain…
Section Three The Mother-in-Law When we say mother-in-law, we are speaking here of the bride's husband's mother; the groom's mother-in-law will be the subject of one of the…
In such families new methods of upbringing are not sought; the parents do not rack their brains over how they should treat their child or how they should raise him, because there…
In the study of how love arises, it is said that love awakens because of perfection: that is, a person's skill, knowledge or character in a particular matter awakens warmth toward…
THE IN-LAWS Section Two The Father-in-Law The father-in-law hardly communicates with the brides. Because his status is very high, there is a veil between him and the brides. This…
Goals are divided into two: the goal of goals, and the goals that lead to it. The goal of goals means the idea of ideas. To understand this more clearly, we can give this example:…
THE IN-LAWS Section One General Matters In the Soviet period, systematic and purposeful work was carried out to smash the old values to pieces. The very first target was the…
Let us mention some rules of speaking. First, it is desirable for a person to speak about what he knows. Speaking about what he does not know lowers a person's standing. Second,…
HUSBAND AND WIFE Section Four The Character of the Wife Nowadays certain "sages" are foaming at the mouth, saying that wives are mostly subjected to their husbands' oppression: "O…
HUSBAND AND WIFE Section Three The Character of the Husband The very first matter for a man is to settle what he is living for. If this matter is not settled with confidence and…
In the eyes of others, a milestone or achievement someone has reached may seem to have come easily. That is not so at all — behind it there are struggle and suffering, only we do…
HUSBAND AND WIFE Section Three The Character of the Husband From the first pages of the book we have been stressing again and again that the head of the family is the man, the…
HUSBAND AND WIFE Section Two General Rules Alongside the particular duties and conduct of husband and wife in the family, there are rules common to both of them. These rules…
Need is a blessing for a person. If he has fallen into heedlessness, he wakes up. If he has forgotten God, he remembers Him. Among many afflictions, need has such good qualities.…
HUSBAND AND WIFE Section One The Bridal Canopy and Delicate Matters For people who want to make easy money and have cast aside modesty, chastity and shame, the intimate relations…
The word siyosat (politics) is derived from the word sayislik. In Arabic, a groom who tends horses is called a sayis. A horse groom is a person who understands horses perfectly;…
Section Four The Breaking of Bread and the Wedding Once the matchmaking is completed, the rite of breaking bread is performed. “Breaking bread” is also called the fotiha…
👉 Beginning Recently I defended my dissertation and received the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philology. As a result, I see all the innovations and reforms in…
On July 22, 2016, I left home and disappeared. Without a trace. No one knew where I was. It was abduction in the true sense of the word. The kidnapping of a human being. And today…