On Power & Gentleness


بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Sayyidina ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab (r.a.) said, “Try to be powerful without violence, and to be gentle without weakness.”



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