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Added on November 19, 2013

Istighfar poster (dua for forgiveness)

“A man leaves from his house having sins similar in size to the Mount of Tuhaama. But when he hears some knowledge, he becomes fearful and repents. He returns to his home afterwards with no sins. Thus you should never abandon attending the gatherings of the scholars.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Allah said to Musa (AS): “And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)” (20:41). Some of us want to run the marathon without the training. We forget that even dough is prepared before it becomes bread. Your soul is being prepared. Like dough, it’s kneaded. Don’t lose yourself in the pain of kneading. Rise above your circumstance. Rise above your pain. Every process has its conclusion. Every circumstance comes to an end. Your circumstance is only the tool. *You* are the one being prepared and raised and developed. You are the one being grown. Rise up beyond this pain. Rise up and see through. There is something greater waiting for you on the other side: The stronger, purer, freer you. Remember: He is greater than this pain. He is greater. Allahu Akbar.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Where your mind goes during prayer is where your heart is. Take it back to your Lord.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Someone, somewhere right now is fighting for his or her life. You still have yours, be thankful and spend it in the obedience of Allah.

Abdulbary Yahya

Added on November 17, 2013

But what is with Allah is better…

Imam al-Ghazali: Know that the happiest people are those who are…

“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good; I was actually being re-directed to something better. You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Key to Paradise

Dark and Dua

Mankind was created weak. (Quran 4:28)

“At the Ka’bah tonight, the Imam made such a beautiful Dua. He prayed, “O Allah make us from those who sought your guidance, so you guided them. O Allah make us from those who sought your forgiveness, so you forgave them. O Allah make us from those who sought your aid, so you championed them. (And this last part is my favorite) O Allah make us from those who placed their trust only in you, and so you were all that they needed.” Ameen. Ameen. Ameen.

Muhammad Alshareef

“Don’t announce your problems to the world looking for sympathy. Most don’t care, many don’t want to hear them and some are glad you have them. Address your concerns to Allah, He’s always there and He can help.

Abdulbary Yahya

“A lot of people have trouble balancing the love of the Creator and the love of the creation. It is something I myself have struggled with much of my life. On the one extreme, there are people who love the creation as they should only love the Creator. On the other extreme, there are those who reject the love of the creation all together. I think the correct balance is to understand it this way: We have only one Owner over our hearts. That Owner is God. But our hearts also yearn for companionship. The heart searches for its’ companion in the creation. And finding that companion of our heart is one of God’s greatest gifts to us. It is the ‘coolness of the eyes’ that the Quran speaks about. The problem is when we confuse *Ownership* and *companionship*. We take the creation as Owners and take the Creator as only a companion. And God knows best.

Yasmin Mogahed

Dome interior, Dubai Souk

Added on November 12, 2013

Mosque dome interior art

Added on November 10, 2013

“Truly, with difficulty there is always relief”

Alhamdulillah (Arabic and English)

“God has willed to spread His light in all its fullness”

Surat Ya-Seen Calligraphy: “Limitless, then, in His glory is He in whose hand rests…”

Animation: “And God sends down water from the skies…”

Quran calligraphy: “God is with those who endure patiently”

Those who endure patiently

Only the best

“If you refuse to leave something wrong for the fear of ‘losing out’ on your happiness, you have doubted in His Power to replace it with something that is much better and comforting for you in this world and the next.

Tawfique Chowdhury

“If the Quran isn’t enough to change us and affect our hearts, then nothing else will. We need to stop looking for some out of body, supernatural, crazy experience. The Quran is THE ultimate experience. Pick it up. Read it. Understand it. Live it.