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

“Don’t be too much of an activist and neglect your heart. Don’t focus so much on your heart and neglect activism.

“How do we expect solutions to our issues when we have not yet developed our relation with the Owner of all solutions, the All Mighty?

Mufti Ismail Menk

“A person may struggle in the way of God, without ever striking a sword once.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“There is no man who sees Allah's favors upon him and says: "All praise is due to Allah with whose favors all good can be accomplished" except that Allah will make him needless of others and will increase His favors upon him.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“Your calamity was sent to bring you back to the Quran. But the greater calamity is that you missed the point.

Yasmin Mogahed

“The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“You insist on looking at closed windows when He keeps opening doors of mercy upon you. Gratefulness comes from an awakened realisation of His blessings upon you. And He ‘azza wa jalla says, "If you are grateful, I would certainly give you more."

Tawfique Chowdhury

“If somebody ever came to the entrance of a mosque and announced, ‘I want the worst of you to leave the mosque’ I swear by Allah you will not find anyone leaving the mosque faster than myself.

Malik ibn Dinar

“Preach to others by your deeds, not by your words.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“Whoever wants to accompany us, then let him accompany us with five things: to let us know the needs of those whose needs we do not know, to help us establish justice in those things in which we fail to do so, to be our helper in following the truth, to protect the things we and people entrust him with, and to never speak ill of anyone in our presence.

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz

“The value of every person is found in what he is best at.

Imam Ali bin Abi Talib