You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race, color, and gender as a basis of distinction amongst fellowmen. It enshrines piety as the sole criteria for judging humankind.
To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.
Emancipation can only come from within; it cannot be dictated by someone else. A law banning the wearing of headscarves changes nothing, except perhaps external appearance. Naturally, Islamic feminism must also include the right to education, to work and the freedom to select one's own husband.
The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.
The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al
Be with Allah, You will find Allah with you.
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people
Innumerable changes of moods are yours, and they are uncontrolled by you. If you knew their origin, you would be able to dominate them. If you cannot localize your own changes, how can you localize that which formed you?
One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs.
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue.
The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway of living causes a covering like rust to accumulate over the heart so that it cannot sense the Divine origin of Allah's message.
Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.
The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex of order and freedom, culture and peace, can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within.
In Islamic belief, knowledge is two-fold. There is that revealed through the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) and that which man discovers by virtue of his own intellect. Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers. Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours, God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.
If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God, he has only to look at what place he gives to God (in his heart and life)
Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.
Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.
Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.
Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.
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