Pearls of wisdom....

You are the servant, He is the Master. Prayers come from you, answers come from Him. Abstinence comes from you, protection comes from Him. Repentance comes from you, acceptance comes from Him. Go towards him walking, He will come to you running.'

"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 on it"

~Hassan Al Basri

"Whoever follows patience, success will follow him."

~ Hassan Al Basri

"A friend is not a friend until he is tested in 3 occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death"

~ Ali Ibn abi Talib

" When someone criticizes or disagrees with you, a small act of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash it at once, it will grow into a snake, or even a dragon."

~ Rumi

"Ikhlas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the creator"

~Abu Uthman

"I endured because endurance is the best thing to rely upon, if any advantage could be obtained by impatience, I would have adopted it. I endured many a misfortune, misfortunes of such intensity that if they were to have fallen on a mountain, it would have been reduced to dust. I have exercised full control over my emotions and never shed a tear. Now they are falling in my heart" (attributed to a woman who met Abu-ul-Hassan Siraj)

"When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in a perfect position to pray"

~Unknown

"Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself oppression"

~Harun Yahya

"If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant"

~Ibn-e-Ata'illah

"Do not sit idle for death is seeking you"

~ Hasan Al-Basri

Hatim al-Asamm said, "I have chosen four things to know
and discarded all other things of knowledge.
"The first is this: I know that my daily bread is apportioned
to me and will neither be increased or decreased, so I have stopped
trying to add to it.
"Secondly, I know I owe to God a debt which no one else can
pay for me, so I am busy about paying it.
"Thirdly, I know that there is someone pursuing me ---
Death --- whom I cannot escape from, so I have prepared myself
to meet him.
"Fourth, I know that God is observing me, so I am ashamed
to do what I should not."

~Farid-uddin Attar

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle"

~Plato

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book when once the
heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

~Sa'di

”The word “shams” (sun) is feminine, and “qamar” (moon) is masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer, meaning it reflects the light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious light of our women

~ Shaykh Abdullah Adhami

Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what
you do with your life.

~Billy Mills

Sayyidi al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him) said: if we look at the full moon we realise that the reason for its fullness is because it is fully facing the sun. The degree of the moon’s completion is according to its facing the source of light. Likewise if a believer fully faces the source of perfection (the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) then he will achieve perfection. For this reason the first group of believers to enter Paradise are described by the Prophet as being like the full moon in their illumination.

If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire.

~Ibn-e-Ata'Allah

"People oppose things because they are ignorant of them."

~Imam Al Ghazali

"The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses."

~Imam Al Ghazali

"Anger begins with madness and ends with regret."

~Ali RA

Indeed the whole world is imagination. Only He [Allah] is the real in Reality. Whoever understands this knows the secrets of the spiritual path.

~Ibn Arabi

A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah.

~Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah

If a gem falls in to mud it is still valuble, if dust ascends to heaven it remains valueless.

~Shaykh Sa’di

Lord, fill a Muslim’s heart/With a desire so fervent/That it will set his heart aflame/And stir his soul.

~Muhammad Iqbal

Let love be selfless/and truth fearless;/Let our breasts be flooded with light–/Make our hearts clear as crystal.

~Muhammad Iqbal

Your true friend is the one who participates in your efforts and for the sake of your gain, is prepared to suffer losses.

~Ali RA

Forgiveness is part of the treasure you need/To craft your falcon wings/And return/To your true realm of/Divine freedom.

~Hafiz

Worship and knowledge while eating haraam is like construction on dung.

~Imam Al Ghazali

In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.

~Imam Al Ghazali

To completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.

~Imam Al Ghazali

It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness.Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.

~Rumi