Quotes About Humility (Humbleness)

“The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.

“If you have asked Him to purify your intentions, and you find yourself being stopped from doing many things that you love to do or be part of, consider that your purification has already started. Be grateful, not hasty in sadness.

Know that there is nothing more humbling and purifying than accepting His decree with a full and satisfied heart!

Tawfique Chowdhury

“The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“Whoever has offended you and then approached you to apologize, humility obligates that you accept his apology whether it is truthful or not, and that you leave his secret thoughts to God.

The sign of generosity and humility is that if you notice a defect in his apology, you do not address it nor hold him against it.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“People are paying no attention to the best act of worship: Humility.

Aisha bint Abu Bakr (Wife of Prophet Muhammad)

“Lower yourself in prostration in the darkness of the night and you will rise on the Day of Judgment with a full light.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Your humbleness humbles others and your modesty brings out the modesty of others.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Humility is not to think less of yourself, but to think about yourself less.

Waleed Basyouni

“Humility is knowing that you can get an answer from anybody: be it a child, another person, or nature.

Tariq Ramadan

“You are humble when you always question your humility.

Tariq Ramadan

“Pride is to affirm outward independence by maintaining the illusion of liberty at the heart of one's being. Humility is to rediscover the breath of the primordial need of Him at the heart of our being, in order to live in total outward independence.

Tariq Ramadan

“Before your eyes is a child...life, dependence, fragility, and innocence. To be with God is to know how to keep this state: a humble acceptance of your fragility, a comprehension of your dependence—going back to the beginning.

Tariq Ramadan

“Understanding with your mind could lead you towards arrogance. Understanding with your heart is always the condition of humility.

Tariq Ramadan

“There's a difference between going to Allah like a beggar, and going to Allah like a merchant, demanding payment.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Dont grieve at the fall. The ground is where humility lives. And humility waters the garden of tawbah...the only path to God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Humility is a necessary fruit of knowledge.

Yasir Qadhi

“Islamic humility is acting upon the knowledge that admiration from people has the potential to harm one's deeds rather than benefit them.

Yasir Qadhi

“Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.