Favourite Quotes...

[Tay_]

"Certainty is attained through connectivity through one's heart and ears. How deep is our recitation and reflection?" Shaykh Usama Canon from the SeekersRetreat in Auckland

[*Muhajabah*]

"If the goal of your striving is your own happiness, you will never reach it. But if you make the goal of all your striving, His happiness with you, your happiness will be insured. Your happiness will be in the process and in the result." - Yasmin Mogahed.

[Sinan.]

Repenting and seeking Allaah’s forgiveness.

According to a hadeeth, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Shaytaan said to the Lord of Glory: ‘By Your Glory O Lord, I will keep trying to misguide Your slaves so long as their souls are in their bodies.’ The Lord said, ‘By My Glory and Majesty, I will continue to forgive them so long as they ask My forgiveness.’” Narrated by Ahmad in al-Musnad and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2/32

[Tay_]

"The tongue is the nourisher of the heart. The tongue is also the corrupter of the heart. You need to make thikr. You need to read the Quran with orientation" - Imam Afroz Ali from the SeekersRetreat in Auckland

[Sinan.]

“Bring anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher.”

- Shaykh Sajid Ahmed Umar

[Tay_]

"A Heart is not broken by love; it is broken by dreams robbed from it" - Imam Afroz Ali (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

Behind every great man is not a woman; she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him. - Dr. Tariq Ramadan

[Tay_]

"When the seeker persists despite difficulties, they will find that Allah will grant openings for them, and will find ease in their seeking. But it will be in the time Allah wants, not in the time the seeker wants. Setting goals and working at a specific pace are part of the means we need to take. But Allah will send us setbacks to teach us that we cannot make His gifts come when we please" - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

Be content with what you have, for without contentment true happiness will be unattainable.

[Tay_]

"We act righteously because action is a means to be close to Allah swt. Action is recognising that you are a means. Whenever you are helping people you are only helping yourself" - Imam Afroz Ali (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong

[At-Ta'if]

"God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; He is" - Muhammad Ali

[At-Ta'if]

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing!"

[Tay_]

"There's never been anyone to help but God, yet when we don't see His help for a moment we claim He's never helped us" - Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch (may Allah swt preserve him)

[SammerTX]

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing!"

Ok then.

Transform into a cockroach

[At-Ta'if]

Ok then.

Transform into a cockroach

[Tay_]

"God asks us in the Quran: "Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?" We are immensely privileged by the very fact that most of us do not have to worry about shelter and food. We have access to healthcare, education and technology. We have skills, talents, encouragement and support. We have the freedom to pursue our dreams. We deny this when we do not grasp that each one of us is privileged because we have the very means and opportunities to make a difference for ourselves, our families, our communities and for the greater good of all" - Imam Zaid Shakir (may Allah swt preserve him)

[SammerTX]

"When looking for a teacher, spiritual guide or sheikh, make sure that they do not speak ill against others. Ibn al-jawazi noted that there are many who speak of ikhlas, but when they see their students studying with others, their hearts burn like logs in a furnace. Calling to the truth should never be an excuse to malign other scholars and activists." - Imam Suhaib Webb.

[Tay_]

"True humility isn't simply acting more humble than your imagined rank. It is to see yourself as nothing before the greatness of God" - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (may Allah swt preserve him)

[Abdul-Mateen]

‎"Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah in prayer, utterly rejects to write even a letter, endorsing the rule of the Taghout (tyrant). Why should I seek his pardon? If I have been imprisoned rightfully, then I accept the right judgement, and if I have been imprisoned falsely, then I am greater than having to seek pardon from falsehood." - Sayyid Qutb [when he was asked to write a few words seeking pardon from Abdul Nasir]