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“Wish to have a private conversation with Allah? Wake up an hour before Fajr and lower your head to the ground in tahajjud...

“Let the Wall Street protestors benefit from the Quranic message as well: "..so that wealth is not just circulated amongst your rich" (59:7)

“If you wish to remain ignorant, always be content with your opinions, and be confident that you can never be wrong.

“When I am feeling down, two things cheer me up: lengthening my prostration, & playing with my children. I thank Allah for Islam and family!

“Blessed is the one whose good works continue to bear fruit even after he himself departs from this world.

“The worst poverty is the poverty of ignorance.

“Of the best forms of devotion to Allah is to not make a show of your devotion to Allah.

“If only, before disobeying Allah, we thought about the regret we feel afterwards, we would realize the pleasure of the sin is not worth it.

“Whoever acts upon what he knows is blessed with knowledge of what he does not know.

“Being famous is a trial, yet most are desirous for it; being unknown is a blessing, yet most are not content with it.

“Life is only truly meaningful when one's priority becomes seeking the Pleasure of Allah.

“Theology without morality is superstition; morality without theology is impossible. Islam combines both because they need to co-exist.

“Whatever is begun in anger, ends in regret.

“The Quran is the ultimate proof of our religion; simply listen to its recitation, and you are certain that it is the Speech of our Creator.

“The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.

“Ramadan is a noble guest that has come for '...a few days'. Treat him honorably and be the most generous with your time and efforts.

“The newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

“Today is Friday - increase in sending salaat and salaam upon the Habib al-Mustafa.

“He who has not endured the stress of study will not taste the joy of knowledge.

“I can't help but notice that atheism results, not from academic arguments, but from spiritual emptiness.