Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left
Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
Give even when you know you can get nothing back
Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.
“If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that expectations.
It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
Sometimes the gifts of God aren’t wrapped as we expect
Sometimes the gifts of God aren’t wrapped as we expect
Loss; is the returning of what never actually belonged to us in the first place.
Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
Nothing is difficult if you seek it through your Lord, and nothing is easy if you seek it through yourself.
Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart
The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you.
Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
Keep going. You’re almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it’s going away.
Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
Oh my heart, there is another way to love. Do not love the gift for what the gift is. Love the gift for Who it came from
Sometimes the gifts of God aren’t wrapped as we expect
The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very loveable.
You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.
When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself.
Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
Don’t lie to me. Don’t deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie
Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith.
If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
He knows that behind each false door is a drop. And if we enter it, we will fall. In His mercy, He keeps those false doors closed.
Don’t think being religious’ means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it He doesn’t harden it.
Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you’d give anything to remove it.
If you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His Sun.
If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
Don’t despair if your heart has been through a lot of trauma. Sometimes that’s how beautiful hearts are remade: they are shattered first
“Don’t worry about what the people say. Sometimes they’ll praise you. Sometimes they’ll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
To some,Islam is nothing but a code of rules and regulations.But,to those who understand,it is a perfect vision of life
Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
“When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
When you fall in love with a work of art, you’d die to meet the artist. I am a student of the galleries of Pacific sunsets, full moon rises on the ocean, the clouds from an airplane, autumn forests in Raleigh, first fallen snows. And I’m dying to meet the artist
“To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith)”.
People think that tests only come in the form of hardships. Allah also tests us with ease, it’s often in the test of ease that we fail most.”
Real love brings about calm—not inner torment. True love allows you to be at peace with yourself and with God. That is why Allah says: “that you may dwell in tranquility.” Hawa is the opposite. Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him. Never, ever stop going back to Him. Repent often. Cry to Allah. And hold on tight-with your life-to His remembrance and to prayer. If you do this, you may get wet, but insha Allah never drown in this ocean of dunya
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.”
When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on Allah
When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on Allah.
“Your life is nothing more than a love story. Between you and God. Nothing more. Every person, every experience, every gift, every loss, every pain is sent to your path for one reason and one reason only: to bring you back to Him
This world cannot break you—unless you give it permission. And it cannot own you unless you hand it the keys—unless you give it your heart. And so, if you have handed those keys to dunya for a while—take them back. This isn’t the End. You don’t have to die here. Reclaim your heart and place it with its rightful owner: God