05.02.08
Islamic Quotes
I am still trying to figure out the site, so I’ll need some time before I finally get this right. =) Anyway, I was rereading The Path to Wisdom: Guidance for Humanity and I came across some quotes I think somehow relates to us all and I liked them, so I figured I will share them with all of you, hoping you might learn/have an epiphany about something good today while enjoying them too. So enough with me acting corny, here are some Islamic quotes for humanity (I’ll put up lit and famous quotes up later inshallah):
One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and Vision.
-’Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
The failure to attain perception is itself perception.
-Abu Bakr (RA)
Hadith: (to a group of people):
“When you pass by the meadows of Paradise indulge freely in it.”
They said: “O Messeneger of Allah, what are the meadows of Paradise?”
He replied: “The circles of knowlegde.”
(The above so totally reminded me of Emerson)
Whoever knows all things without knowing God-Great and Glorious-is not worthy to be called wise because he does not know the most sublime and highest of all things.
-Imam Al-Ghazali
A learned man who doesn’t restrain his passions is like a blind man holding a torch, he guides others but not himself.
-Shaykh Sa’di
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
-Imam Al-Ghazali
Know that the reality of freedom is the perfection of servitude.
-Al-Qushayri
May God steal from you all that steals you away from Him.
-Rabi’a al-’Adawiyya
Lonliness is better than bad company.
-Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
It is impossible to lay hands on that which is not predestined for us, and that which is predestined for us will reach us wherever we are.
-Shaykh Sa’di
Anyone who seeks Allah will surely find him.
-Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
*This next paragraph is AMAZING:
“For instance, if a man ceases to take any concern in worldly matters, conceives a distaste for common pleaures, and appears sunk in depression, the doctor will say, “This is a case of melancholy, and requires such and such prescription. The physicist will say, “This is a dryness of the brain caused by hot weather and cannot be relieved till the air becomes moist.” The astrologer will attribute it to some particular conjunction or opposition of plantes. “Thus far their wisdom reaches,” says the Koran. It does not occur to them that what has really happened is this: that the Almighty has a concern for the welfare of that man, and has therefore commanded His servants, the planets or the elements, to produce such a condition in him that he may turn away from the world to his Maker.The knowledge of this fact is a lustrous pearl from the ocean of inspirational knowledge, to which all other forms of knowldge are as islands in the sea.”
-The Alchemy of Happiness, Imam Al-Ghazali
Those whose eyes never see beyond the world of phenomena are like those who mistake servants of the lowest rank for the king.
-The Alchemy of Happiness, Imam Al-Ghazali
The true greatness of man lies in his capacity for eternal progress.
-The Alchemy of Happiness, Imam Al-Ghazali
(I love that book, now different quotes)
I am happy even before I have a reason.
-Hafiz
What is this precious love and laughter
Budding in our hearts?It is the glorious sound
Of a soul waking up!
-Hafiz
Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.
-Hafiz
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft.
My voice
So tenderMy need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
-Hafiz
(You know, I just can’t write enough about Hafiz)
*addition*
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind actis better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
-Shaykh Sa’di
Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden, do you look at the weeds? Spend more time with the roses and jasmines. (taken into context)
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
Only from the heart Can you touch the sky.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
The Eternal looked upon me for a moment with His eye of power, and annihilated me in His being, and become manifest to me in His essence. I saw I existed through Him.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred….Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.
-Hafiz
Even after all this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.
-Hafiz
When all your desires are distilled
You will cast just two votes:To love more,
And be happy.
-Hafiz
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
-Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
One who seeks the unseekable cannot subsequently be accused of
negligence in seeking what is seekable. -Hujjat al-Islam (the Proof of Islam) Imam Al-Ghazali
Knowledge raises the low, but ignorance brings down the mighty. -Ali (RA)
I STILL have TONS more quotes to write (I haven’t even gotten started with Rumi or Sa’di. Or finished Imam Al-Ghazali, Hafiz, and other people for that matter) So keep checking up on this note in case I have added more.=)
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***UPDATE***
Islamic Quotes II: http://faith786.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/islamic-quotes-ii/
nawal said,
July 11, 2008 at 5:16 pm
beautiful!.. absolutely
Abdullah said,
July 15, 2008 at 10:34 pm
It’s absolutely great work.Keep it up!!!!!
zira said,
August 25, 2008 at 11:25 am
wonderful quotes
Salahadeen said,
August 26, 2008 at 10:25 am
wonderful quotes
shehnaz said,
September 7, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Saima said,
September 11, 2008 at 7:33 am
these quotes are wonderful..they make me cry.
Tia Khan said,
September 17, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Jazakallahu Khair
faith786 said,
September 19, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Thank you for all the comments! I love these quotes and I need to add to the collection soon. I am reading Ihya Uloom Udin and I have to put a LOAD more up here. Imam Al Ghazali is so kind and profound in his words. May Allah bless him.
Maryam said,
September 30, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Oh wow, thats beautiful especially about the sun and the moon. Thanks for posting them; they made my day and will certainly make my Eid! Eid Mubarak!
Maryam
Malika said,
November 4, 2008 at 5:58 pm
these quotes r beautiful it makes u think…i mean really think
thanks a millions
ArsDiani Syatria said,
November 6, 2008 at 12:06 am
Wow..I really love those quotes and your blogs…
Tayyibah said,
November 10, 2008 at 8:09 am
subhanallah…
makes you think deep..
Nasra said,
November 19, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Great Quotes …Thank you.
SANA O. said,
November 22, 2008 at 10:57 pm
MASHA’ALLAH BEAUTIFUL QUOTES, I REALLY ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE QUOTE WRITTEN. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND MAKES YOU THINK REALLY HARD OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US . AND MAKES YOU BELIEVE IN ALLAH MORE AND MORE……..
faith786 said,
November 23, 2008 at 2:02 am
Thank you all for comments; I have actually came across more Islamic quotes and when I have enough, I’ll do a separate post. Hope you find other things beneficial on the blog!
Syed Kamran Ayub said,
November 25, 2008 at 5:16 am
Dear Brother!
Thank you for posting these so precious words on web.
JazakumULLAH Khair
Cerulean San said,
November 26, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Breathtaking… I love Islam.
farhana said,
November 27, 2008 at 1:29 am
so nice those quotes.im try to read all those cute sentences.
wwwwwoooooooowwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i realy love those quotes
Islam Way said,
December 4, 2008 at 9:53 am
Dear Faith786,
Your informative blog & quotes are much enjoyed.
I have added your link in our Facebook group “ Islam Way”
Keep up the great work,
Brother Bee
Faraz said,
December 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Its so great and wonderful…may god bless..
Hussein said,
December 30, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Mashallah! These quotes are upmost outrageous! In their own unique way describing islam and many othe things! Mashallah! Keep up the good work! I am sure many will benifit from it!
Noshiela said,
January 6, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Lovely!! jus Lovely!!:)
faith786 said,
January 6, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Thank you all for the comments, but I wish you to know I have a second part of the post that you may like to check out (if you like these ones, anyway.)
Thanks for checking on my blog!
anjum said,
January 7, 2009 at 10:54 am
so nice to descibe,shows a real good moral and way path and by messeginMashallah! These quotes are upmost outrageous! In their own unique way describing islam and many othe things! Mashallah! Keep up the good work! I am sure many will benifit from it!
g these is so better to spread, i really like and praised/
geedoo81@yahoo.com
Haz said,
January 9, 2009 at 11:29 am
May you benefit from the wisdom you repeat
faith786 said,
January 10, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Why thank you, I hope you, I and the whole world does. Ameen.
seema said,
January 30, 2009 at 8:41 pm
asalamualykum mashallah i really want to thnaku for the time spared in putting these quotes up.i really liked the one “Only from the heart Can you touch the sky”.
sarver said,
February 2, 2009 at 8:25 am
“Subhaanallaah”
is the one word which comes to my mind…
aatif said,
February 11, 2009 at 2:37 am
great job man………..
Humaira W said,
February 13, 2009 at 2:41 am
The quotes are excellent!!
I enjoy reading them.
spiderman said,
February 16, 2009 at 10:47 pm
LOVE IT
ADD MORE PLEASE
^_^
Tawab said,
February 23, 2009 at 11:53 pm
very coooooooooool
ADD MORE
Tawab said,
February 23, 2009 at 11:57 pm
MY FAVORITE QUOTE
‘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.’
Amna said,
July 17, 2009 at 4:36 pm
beautiful quote brother. do you know which part it is from?
lutfi sheikh ghazali said,
March 6, 2009 at 2:47 pm
wonderful, keep it going!
IMRAN said,
March 10, 2009 at 7:51 am
THX FOR ALL DAT. REALLY MAKES ME CRY.LOVE ALL
Muhammad Sohrab said,
April 21, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Please take care of your knowledge because enemies of Islam create confusion through use the label of islam, they use worng statements and misguide to the all Muslim it is message to all form me
Muhammad Sohrab said,
April 21, 2009 at 1:46 pm
thanks to all of them and do more good job for Islam.
Mokhtar said,
April 28, 2009 at 1:25 am
Nice blog ..
Nice quotes and Hadiths …
the quote on th banner
[quote] “May Allah steal from you all that steals you away from Him.” -Rabia Al-Adawiyah [/quote]
is so fantastic .
I think it loos forward to do ALLAH teaching always to lead a happy life , otherwise you wo’nt afford it .
Thanks again ..
raizins said,
May 5, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Omg salamu3alaikum.
Im now in love with Hafiz and Shaykh Sa’di
BarakAllahu feekom
Shammim said,
May 20, 2009 at 2:47 am
MashaAllah
Hamdihun bin Yusuf said,
June 8, 2009 at 12:46 am
mashaallah it is very good keep up it !
Ihsanullah Shagiwal said,
July 1, 2009 at 5:47 am
Salam to all,
How nice quotes are there I really love it, but one thing I found it from aother site is very much lovely it is:
“The world and all things in it are valuable; but the most valuable thing in the world is a virtuous woman” I don’t know the person who said it but it is the reallity now a days!!!!
Be in peace,
thanks,
Ihsaullah Shagiwal from Afghanistan
fatima said,
July 23, 2009 at 1:59 am
jazakallah khairan i posted some on my page and shared wit friends
nageeb amoor said,
July 29, 2009 at 7:10 am
bismihi taala;Rumi tells us that we should seek&find allthe barriers of built against love how can one do it or whats your comment on this?
riziki rajab said,
August 12, 2009 at 5:49 pm
these quotes are wonderful……..Mashallah.
Ishrath Yar Khan said,
August 17, 2009 at 5:21 am
Very nice quotes..keep up the good work.
mardi.d said,
August 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
very meaningful and knowledgeable quotes…Subhaanallaah
Ahmad said,
August 27, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Really it is good food for the soul
Grace C. Moore said,
September 5, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Where is this quote from, please?
Oh Giver of refuge for those who seek refuge; Beloved of those who love; Hope of those who are cut off; Raiser of the fallen; The One who is with broken hearts; Who answers the calls of the dejected; the Mercy of this life and the hereafter and the Compassion of both; Who answers the desires of those in need; Oh Allah the Almighty accept our plea/dua and forgive us for our sins which we have done..Ameen
Amani said,
September 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Salam,
Those quotes were amazing MashaAllah.Keep posting!!!
Subaha said,
September 15, 2009 at 9:11 am
SUBHANALLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i said,
September 24, 2009 at 7:51 am
Beautiful !!!
Thanks for sharing…
Hasnah Azhariah Rahman said,
October 22, 2009 at 1:00 am
MASHA ALLAH..^^
Mel said,
October 27, 2009 at 3:40 am
Love all the quotes! Amazingly beautiful!
Layla said,
November 9, 2009 at 9:08 am
http://www.zazzle.com/bismillah101/islam+magnets*
Here are some islamic quote fridge magnets
Sister said,
November 10, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Mashallah, i love them! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
miftah nuredin said,
November 11, 2009 at 6:49 am
love all the quotes . amazing beutyful