The Internet Islamic Art Database | Library of Islamic Art and Quotes

“Blessed is the person who is so busy fixing his or her own faults, that they don’t have time to look at the faults of others.

Wisam Sharieff

“Hatred in your heart for others is always weakness.

al-Habib Ali al-Jifri

“The point of your prayer is to converse with your Lord in intimacy.

Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili

“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will be more likely to remind you of the favors Allah has bestowed upon you. (Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

Muhammad Ali (American Muslim Boxer)

“Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.

Nouman Ali Khan

“There are two things that if you do them you will attain the good of this world and the hereafter; [They are] that you bear what you dislike if it is beloved to Allah and you leave what you like if it is disliked by Allah.”

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

“Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“People are sad at the death of the first man who walked on the moon. But me, I'll always be sad at the loss of the man who split the moon.

Yasir Qadhi

“Sins to a heart are like oil drops on a cloth—unless you wash it immediately and vigorously, it will permanently stain.

Ibn al-Jawzi

“To my daughters and sisters: Don’t fall for his words, fall for his actions.

Waleed Basyouni

“In dunya, the anticipation is better than the real thing. In jennah, the real thing is better than any anticipation ever could be.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Keeping company with good people is one of the best of deeds that bring one closer to Allah, and is one of the best means of attaining blessing. On the other hand, keeping company with bad people such as disbelievers and those who commit sin openly is not permissible, and is one of the things that lead to a bad end and cause one to adopt their attitudes and deeds.

Ibn Baaz (Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah Ibn Baaz)

“You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of what love is. The Western “love” concept, you take it apart, it really is lust. But love transcends just the physical. Love is disposition, behaviour, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes - these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades. You find in your Western civilisation that when a man’s wife’s physical beauty fails, she loses her attraction. But Islam teaches us to look into the woman, and teaches her to look into us.

Malcolm X

“The companions of the Prophet were extremely eager and insistent on knowing the best of deeds, so that they could become closer to Allah with these deeds, and for this reason their questions were in great numbers regarding the best among good deeds and the most loved actions to Allah, as in the questions of ibn Mas`ud, Abi Dhar, and others, and the Prophet's answer to their questions. For this reason in ahadith (the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) we read a lot of "the best of deeds is…" and "the most beloved deeds to Allah is this and this."

Yusuf al-Qaradhawi

“Whoever exerts himself to have patience and pushes himself, when he doesn’t think that he can be patient anymore, Allah will grant him success and Allah will make him patient because of his struggle.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“The most thieving among people: Those who steal their salah, not finishing its ruku`s and sujoods properly, and the most miserly of people: those who do not reply to a salam.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“Since these organs [the face and limbs] are in the most direct contact with wrong-doings, the stains of sins are most attached to them compared to other parts of the body, and therefore the Judge of judges [Allah SWT] required that wudu' consist of washing these parts, to ensure their cleanliness and purity from physical stains and the stains of sins and wrong-doings.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“I've never seen an act of israf [extravagance, wastefulness, or immoderacy and extremism], except with somebody's rights getting trampled beside it.

Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa`

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