Quotes on Islamic Wisdom

A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.

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.

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them

Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.

When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.

We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself, and there is no deterioration of the truth, nor belittling either of one who speaks it or conveys it

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.

In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires

If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats you.

You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty.

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

Love of Allah is the power of the heart, the sustenance of the heart, the light of the heart.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.

Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.