In case you missed it, we recently started this new series: [https://youtu.be/xuclSdJlNvw] One of the key objectives is to enhance our Arabic reading skills, broaden our vocabulary. and deepen our understanding of how fitnah unfolds—so we can avoid repeating the same mistakes. I’d like to share these beautiful lines of poetry from Sheikh Abu Amr’s introduction (Part 2 of the series). الدَّهْرُ يَوْمَانِ ذَا أَمْن وَذَا خَطر ** والعَيْشُ عَيْشَانِ ذَا صَفْوِ وَذَا كَدَر Time is of two kinds: one of safety and one of peril * And life is of two states: one of clarity and one of distress. أَمَا تَرَى البَحْرَ تَعْلُو فَوْقَهُ الجِيف ** وَتَسْتَقِرُّ بِأَقْصَى قَاعِهِ الدُّرَرِ Do you not see that carrion floats atop the sea * While pearls settle in its deepest depths? وفي السَّمَاءِ نجُوْمُ لا عِدَادَ لَهَا ** وَلَيْسَ يُكْسَفُ إِلَّا الشَّمْسُ وَالقَمَر And in the sky, there are countless stars * Yet only the sun and the moon are ever eclipsed.