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Islamic Quotes

1.
Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it. Your Sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it. You Presume you are a small entity, But within you is enfolded the entire universe. You are indeed the evident book, By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest. Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself, What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
Ali ibn Abi Talib

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2.
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
Al-Ghazali

3.
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
Al-Ghazali

'In order to attain that which you covet, you must first tolerate that which you loathe.'
4.
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

Beloved companion, Your spirit is a gleaming reflection. Clear away the fog of obscurity that has settled upon it, as it is destined to reflect the brilliance of divine mysteries.
5.
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
Ibn Taymiyyah

6.
If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
Ibn Taymiyyah

If I stayed mute and you stayed mum, who will educate the unaware?
7.
What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
Ibn Taymiyyah

The ultimate result is what truly matters, not imperfect beginnings.
8.
Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night. This is how to bring about the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period. If each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, Be not like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life grows ever shorter.
Al-Ghazali

9.
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
Ali ibn Abi Talib

Physical form is cleansed by H2O. Self-conception is purified through weeping. Wisdom is refined by information. Spirit is sanctified with affection.
10.
The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
Al-Ghazali

The path to Heaven is a strenuous journey while the descent to Hell is easy; therefore, there is a battle to reach the former and not the latter.
11.
The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.
Nouman Ali Khan

'Those who push your limits are a gift.. Without them, you cannot strengthen your tolerance.'
12.
All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.
Al-Shafi‘i

13.
Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.
Al-Shafi‘i

Understanding is not what is retained. Understanding is what yields advantage.
14.
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

'As long as you are supplicating, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is calling out to Him, He will respond.'
15.
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
Al-Ghazali

Abstain from debating with others whenever feasible, for engaging in discourse often leads to more damage than good.
16.
Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
Ibn Taymiyyah

'Allah safeguards the righteous regime, whether it be of non-believers or believers, and obliterates the oppressive administration, regardless of its faith.'
17.
And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts, this Center, this place of worship, is just as welcome as could be a similar edifice of any other religion. Indeed, America would fight with her whole strength for your right to have here your own church and worship according to your own conscience. This concept is indeed a part of America, and without that concept we would be something else than what we are.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

18.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.
Rumi

When life presents you with adversity, you are in an ideal position to beseech the divine.
19.
The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.
Ali ibn Abi Talib

The most egregious of our misdeeds is our preoccupation with the errors of others.
20.
People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
Ali ibn Abi Talib

Individuals can be classified as either kindred spirits in belief or peers in humanity.
21.
Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you.
Muhammad Iqbal

Realize your potential, employ all of your strength to realize it. Forge a sea from a droplet. Do not implore for radiance from the moon, attain it from the ember within you.
22.
Be hard on yourself, easy on others.
Al-Shafi‘i

Hold yourself to a high standard, show leniency towards others.
23.
Arabia was idolatrous when,
six centuries after Jesus,
Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham,
of Ishmael,
of Moses,
and Jesus.
The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father,
the son,
and the Holy Ghost.
Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father,
no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.
Napoleon Bonaparte

24.
Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.
Ibn Taymiyyah

Assuredly, I perpetually reinvigorate my faith in Islam to this point, for I still do not believe myself to be a devout Muslim.
25.
You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
Al-Shafi‘i

You claim to be merely a physical form, but what lies within is more powerful than the cosmos.
26.
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation.
Jesus Christ to the Roman world,
Muhammad to the old continent.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Moses demonstrated the presence of God to his people. Jesus proclaimed it to the Roman Empire, and Muhammad expounded it to the old world.
27.
Now, some of the most dangerous places for women to be in the world are modern, Western, rich European countries. Why? One reason. Islamic immigration - it's got to stop.
Milo Yiannopoulos

'Now, certain affluent European nations pose a severe threat to women's safety due to Islamic migrants - this influx must be contained.'
28.
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.
Avicenna

29.
How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
Al-Shafi‘i

'Astonishing! You look to be led, yet you wander away from its trail, clearly a vessel cannot voyage on terra firma.'
30.
If exposure of body is modernism, then animals are more modern than humans.
Zakir Naik

If baring of physique is contemporaneity, then beasts are more fashionable than people.
31.
Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
Al-Shafi‘i

Money stays here on earth while piety goes with you to the afterlife.
32.
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the negativities of constant objections. Certainty(al-yaqin) does not derive from the evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.
Ibn Arabi

33.
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
Al-Ghazali

Tally with delight the times they have invoked the Lord's name on their rosary, yet no beads are kept to enumerate the number of aimless utterances they make.
34.
To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.
Al-Shafi‘i

Express gratitude to Allah for a blessing is itself a privilege.
35.
I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience; He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
Al-Shafi‘i

36.
If the first inward thought is not warded off, it will generate a desire, then the desire will generate a wish, and the wish will generate an intention, and the intention will generate the action, and the action will result in ruin and divine wrath. So evil must be cut off at its root, which is when it is simply a thought that crosses the mind, from which all the other things follow on.
Al-Ghazali

37.
When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater
Al-Shafi‘i

38.
Islam will win with or without you, but without Islam you will get lost and lose.
Ahmed Deedat

Islam will triumph whether or not you are part of it, but without Islam you will be doomed to failure.
39.
It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.
Tipu Sultan

It is preferable to exist regally for a moment than to be servile for a century.
40.
The heart, in its journey to Allah, Majestic is He, is like that of a bird; Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head and two wings are sound, the bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

41.
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
Al-Ghazali

The deceiver scrutinizes for errors; the adherent looks for justification.
42.
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.
Al-Ghazali

If you are devoted to yourself at present, you will be occupied with yourself in the future. If you are devoted to Allah now, you will be with Him then.
43.
Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
Al-Shafi‘i

Only someone who is genuine perceives what ostentation is.
44.
Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America.
Milo Yiannopoulos

45.
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
Al-Ghazali

If those who are uninformed abstain from intellectual discourse, discord will cease.
46.
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people
Al-Ghazali

A human-being is not a human-being while their behavior involves selfishness, greed, wrath and aggression.
47.
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
Al-Ghazali

Every inhalation is a precious gem, for it is one-of-a-kind and cannot be reclaimed once lost.
48.
Your prayers are your light; Your devotion is your strength; Sleep is the enemy of both. Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you. If you ignore it, if you waste it, You will only turn to dust.
Rabia Basri

49.
You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
Al-Ghazali

You own only what cannot be lost in a maritime disaster.
50.
When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.
Ruhollah Khomeini