Ibn Atallah Rahimahullah:
“What has he lost who has found you (O Allah), and what has he found who has lost you (O Allah)”
Ibn Qayyim Rahimahullah:
“This wordly life is not worth the movement of your footsteps thereon, so it is wise not to be misled by it.”
Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah:
“A calamity that makes you turn to Allah,
is better than a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah”
Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, WILL lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgement – Ibn al-Qayyim [rahimahullah]
لكل شيء اذا فارقته عوض – For everything you leave there is a substitute
و ليس لله ان فارقت من عوض – But if you depart from Allah there is no substitute for him
Can you tell me who is the author of this quote?
“O Lord, my sins are great, but a small amount of Your forgiveness is greater than them. O Allah, forgive the greatness of my sins with a little of Your mercy.”
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.
– ibn Ata’llah
When you fear the creation, you feel repelled by it and run away from it, but when you fear the Creator, you feel close to Him and run towards Him.
- Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah
i3mal tayyib wa irmeeh ila ba7r
Do a good deed and throw it into the sea
“Whoever (truly) knows his Lord loves Him, and whoever (truly) knows the world does without it.” – al-Hasan al-Basri (May Allah be pleased with him)
Sufyân ath-Thawrî (rahimahullâh) said, “When your brother is out of your sight, mention him as you would like him to mention you when you are out of his sight.”
“At the extremity of hardship comes relief and at the tightening of the chains of trials and tribulations comes ease”
-Imam Ali ibn Talib (ra)
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart”
-Kahlil Gibran
“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy”
- Kahlil Gibran
“Suffering is a gift, and in it is hidden mercy”
- Rumi
mashallah!
“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
ما أكثر ما تفعل النفوس ما تهواه ظانة أنها تفعله طاعة لله
ibn taymiyyah
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah said:
‘The one who is (truly) imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him’.
Wabil as Sayyib of Ibn al Qayyim
Any unhappiness comes from forgetting [the Beloved]
Remember and be back with the Friend.
~ Rumi
Repentance, awareness of God, and uprightness are the foundations of all that is beneficial. Know that repentance is a key, God consciousness (taqwa) is vast, and uprightness is the source of rectification.
[Shaykh Ahmad al Zarruq]
لا صغيرة مع الإصرار.. ولا كبيرة مع الاستغفار
No sin remains minor with persistance
And no sin remains major after Istighfar
Imam Ghazali: The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, thier is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell. (minhaj-al-abidin)
silence is a beauty for the scholar and concealment for the ignorant one
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.”
فالعاقل إذا رأى من هو أكبر سنا منه تواضع له وقال سبقني الىالإسلام وإذا رأى من هو أصغر سنا تواضع له وقال سبقته بالذنوب
the intelligent one is who is humble in the presence of somebody older than him and says ‘he surpassed me in Islam’ and when he sees somebody younger than him he is humble saying i surpassed him in sins
“Life is but a moment, let it be a moment of obedience” Imam Shafi
Fudail Ibn Iyad Said ” One is an evil-doer and thinks himself a good person, ignorant and thinks himself a scholar, greedy and thinks himself generous, stupid and thinks himself intelligent; Your life is short and your hopes are unlimited.”
Narrated Manṣūr bin ‘Ammār who said, “Sulaymān bin Dāwūd said, ‘Verily, the one who conquers his desire is stronger than the one who takes over a city alone.’”
“Sit with those of this world, and you become a speck in its sea. Sit with those of Allah, and the world becomes a speck in your sea.” – shaykh nuh
the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
“Shall I tell you who is the best of you?” “Yes,,” they replied. He said, “Those who remind you of Allah when you see them.”