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

“Are you ready for what you’re supplicating for? Sometimes we think we are, but Allah knows we are not so he holds it back until we are.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Both Jannah and Jahannam were made for sinners. Jahannam was made for the arrogant sinner, whereas Jannah was made for the repentant sinner.

Tawfique Chowdhury

“Boys compete for this worldly life, men compete for the hereafter.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Don’t try to mold Reality to suit yourself. Mold yourself to suit Reality. Only the foolish try to resist Reality. The wise adapt.

Yasmin Mogahed

“A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri: "O Abu Sa`eed, I am complaining to you of the hardness of my heart."
He said: "Soften it with dhikr. The more forgetful the heart is, the hard it becomes, but if a person remembers Allah, that hardness softens as copper melts in the fire.
Nothing can soften the hardness of the heart like the remembrance of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Dhikr is healing and medicine for the heart.
Forgetfulness is a disease, the cure for which is remembrance of Allah."

al-Hasan al-Basri

“Don’t live a life full of regrets. Work a little harder, be patient a little longer, give a little more and do it now. Give it all you’ve got and don’t leave any room for future regrets.

Abdulbary Yahya

“When it comes to our own mistakes, we are expert defense lawyers; for the mistakes of others, we act as judges on the Supreme Court.

Yasir Qadhi

“Holding onto dunya creates a veil that blocks Light from entering the heart. When you stop chasing dunya and let go, you remove that veil. When the veil is removed, Light can enter the heart. The same dunya you used to run after, will now run after you, because all things are attracted to Light.

Yasmin Mogahed

“How can you ever feel helpless when you have the ability to make dua at your disposal?

Saad Tasleem

“Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective.
To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.

Yasmin Mogahed

“A moment of pleasing Allah can lead to a lifetime of obedience if one takes advantage of that moment.

Shaykh Omar Suleiman

“You can’t just live life waiting for the next weekend to come. Your aspiration should be greater than that. It should be paradise and that should be sought everyday.

Abdulbary Yahya