Islamic Quotes - Page 2

• A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people

  Al-Ghazali

  Wisdom, Self, People

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• The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.

  Hasan of Basra

  Wisdom, Religious, Yesterday

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• Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart

  Uthman ibn Affan

  Wisdom, Heart, Light

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• To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

  Al-Shafi‘i

  Blessing, Able

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• On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak`at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth. We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak`at.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Prayer, Giving Up, Night

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• There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress

  Umar

  Wisdom, Ocean, Passion

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• There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.

  Muhammad

  Heart, Holy Prophet, Remembrance

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• It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself.

  Ibn Ata Allah

  Wisdom, May, States

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• Those who Know they do not Know that to Know is to Know what they do not Know!

  Ali Sina

  Wisdom, Knowledge, Knows

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• Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Religious, Humble, Pride

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• This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.

  Muhammad Ali

  Life, Wisdom, Real

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• Islam will win with or without you, but without Islam you will get lost and lose.

  Ahmed Deedat

  Religious, Winning, Religion

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• Knowledge is not what is memorised.
  Knowledge is what benefits.

  Al-Shafi‘i

  Wisdom, Benefits

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• A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Wisdom, Atheist

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Asceticism, Celebration, Should

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• It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad, and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent, but silence is better than idle words.

  Muhammad

  Holy Prophet, Silence, Speak

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• If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death.

  Habib Umar bin Hafiz

  Death, Religious, Creating

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• The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

  Muhammad

  Soul, Wealth, Richness

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• If exposure of body is modernism, then animals are more modern than humans.

  Zakir Naik

  Funny, Humorous, Animal

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• It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his belief in Maut he is able to be happy. Inspite of believing in the Reckoning, he commits evil deeds. Inspite of believing in Taqdeer, he grieves. Inspite of observing the world with its changes, he feels contented with it. Inspite of believing in Jannat, he refrains from righteous deeds.

  Moses

  Wisdom, Believe, Men

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• Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Speak Less, Causes, Intellect

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• Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Meaningful, Wisdom, Writing

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• If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Friendless, Ifs

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• Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbor, & should entertain his guest generously.

  Muhammad

  Believe, Guests, Lasts

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• It is difficult to be patient but to waste the rewards of patience is worse.

  Abu Bakr

  Rewards, Waste, Patient

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