Islamic Quotes - Page 5

• Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Errors, Too Much, Intellect

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• A tear that runs down a believer's cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Running, Religious, Tears

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• Dear friend,
  Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.

  Al-Ghazali

  Wisdom, Heart, Mirrors

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• By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned). The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I hope for virtues thereby.

  Umar

  Wisdom, Adversity, Blessing

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• To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Nice, People

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• When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.

  Habib Umar bin Hafiz

  Beautiful, Wisdom, Heart

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• Cool the flames of your anger by performing the wudhu for only water can extinguish fire.

  Muhammad

  Fire, Flames, Water

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• In my 39 years on this earth, the Holy city of Makka had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of all and felt like a complete human being

  Malcolm X

  Wisdom, Cities, Years

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• To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

  Al-Shafi‘i

  Wise, Wisdom, Brother

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• Worry about Allah and what He wants you to do and He will take care of your worries.

  Nuh Ha Mim Keller

  God, Wisdom, Worry

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• My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and don't assume you will have another chance to pray again. My son, know that a believer dies in between two deeds, one he offers for today, where he will get immediate blessings, and the second deed is what he offers towards the day of resurrection, and that is where he will gain the ultimate benefits

  Muadh ibn Jabal

  Wisdom, Farewell, Son

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• All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware. However it may be, Allah's manifestation is confirmed.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Night, May

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• Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow.

  Muhammad

  Forever, World, Tomorrow

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• As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.

  Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

  Rights, Saudi Arabia, Old Testament

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• Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Pain, Real, Love Is

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• Allah made the illusion look real and the real an illusion. He concealed the sea and made the foam visible, the wind invisible, and the dust manifest. you see the dust whirling, but how can the dust rise by itself? you see the foam, but not the ocean. invoke Him with deeds, not words; for deeds are real and will save you in the infinite-life.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Real, Ocean

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• Islam is not about “we’re better than you”. Rather it is about “let me show you something that is better for you

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Inspirational, Religious, Religion

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• We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?

  Ibn Hazm

  Wisdom, Winning, Thinking

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• None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.

  Sufyan al-Thawri

  Wisdom, Age, Abnormal

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• Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Heart, Trying, This Life

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• Allah will never disappoint the sincere caller. Even when you think He hasn’t answered you, He plans in your favor.

  Omar Suleiman

  God, Prayer, Disappointment

  FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Jan 25, 2014

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• If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death Penalty in Islam for such a person.

  Zakir Naik

  Death Penalty, Penalties, Treason

  "Zakir Naik's incendiary words" by Tehmina Kazi, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2010.

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• Don't expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their 'perfect' version is saved for jennah.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Perfect, Dunya, Spouse

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• No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.

  Al-Ghazali

  Wisdom, Jewels, Precious Stones

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• As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Religious, Prayer, Doors

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