Favourite Quotes...

[At-Ta'if]

"Your value is the product of your thoughts. Do not miscalculate your self worth by multiplying your insecurities." Dodinsky

[At-Ta'if]

"A warrior does not say, "I will try." A warrior says, "I will do". No excuses. No regrets. No failures. If you live a life where you put limits upon yourself, you might as well be dead. Never accept mediocrity. To live, you must kill these self-imposed limits."

[At-Ta'if]

“If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize” ― Muhammad Ali

[Tay_]

"Before any utterance remember that you have the right to remain silent, or you will be held accountable in the Akhira" - Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

'Much of life is spent in arguing, and most arguments are futile wastes of time. Neither the participants nor the audience learn anything ... Yet intelligent argument is often the only sensible way to advance our many causes, to spread knowledge, and to achieve progress. It is one thing to sound impressive, to devastate the opposition, and to make a great impression. It is by no means the same thing to change people's minds, to convince them by your arguments. Persuasion is achieved more often than not by quiet, rather than devastating argument.'

- Chester Porter in The Gentle Art of Persuasion.

[Tay_]

"The sign of the knowledgeable is humility, the more knowledgeable you are, the more humble" - Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (may Allah swt preserve him)

[knowledge_a_lost_treasure]

"Your tongue is your slave as long as you do not speak. If you speak then you become its slave. So, look carefully at what decision you give, regarding what you give it and how you give it."

{Ali Ibn Abi Taalib radiyAllahu'anhu}

[Tay_]

Do more than belong, participate
Do more than care, help
Do more than believe, practice
Do more than be fair, be kind
Do more than dream, act

- Imam Afroz Ali (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

"Motivation is what drives your soul, without motivation nobody would get out of bed and face the day. Motivation is what makes you want to be you, to be unique, to be different, to aspire and to achieve. Stay motivated out there!!"

A brother's Facebook status update.

[Tay_]

"The whole concept of human liberation in the west is a myth.The only path to human liberation is submission to God" - Imam Zaid Shakir (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

“Whomever learns from books (without a teacher) will destroy (misunderstand) the ahkām (rulings) and whomever takes his books as his shaykh, his mistakes will outnumber his understanding (what he comprehends).” - Imām ash-Shāfi’ī

(Adāb al-Ulamā' Page # 14)

[Tay_]

‎''Dhikr is the strongest form of du'a. Instead of saying Oh Allah give me this, Oh Allah give me that, Oh Allah give me, give me, you are just saying Ya Allah... Ya Allah... and letting Him give you what He chooses for you - And what He chooses for you is better than what you choose for yourself!'' - Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (may Allah swt preserve him)

[At-Ta'if]

“To direct an arrow at a person is more beloved to me than to direct words at him, because arrows can miss their target while the tongue never misses” - Sufyan Ath-Thawri (rahmatullahi alayh)

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The words you utter are like arrows which depart from the bow; they cannot be retrieved. Think about what you say, when you say it, how you say it, and who you say it to - for what you say may haunt you in the future.

[At-Ta'if]

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise" - Victor Hugo (Les Misérables)

[Tay_]

"How can the public gaze be of any importance to you when the gaze of Allah is upon you?" Imam ibn 'Ata'illah al-Iskandari al-Shadhili (r)

[At-Ta'if]

"It is the curious nature of man that has led him to wonder, ponder and then learn. Curiosity is the organic building block of knowledge structure and is the key which has opened new vistas of thought and objective disciplines." - Sidrah Zaheer

[Tay_]

"Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul" - Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani (r)

[At-Ta'if]

”I have fought in more than 100 battles. Do you see a space of the span of a hand on my leg, chest, arm which is not covered by some scar of the wound of a sword or an arrow or a lance? And here I am, dying in my bed, like cattle dies. May the eyes of cowards never sleep.”

Khalid Bin Walid (R.A)

[At-Ta'if]

“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.”

Ibn Taymiyyah (ra)

[Tay_]

"Knowledge that does not lead to righteous action is useless; Knowledge that does not lead to personal transformation of character is useless; personal transformation that does not lead to loving Allah and none other is useless" - Imam Afroz Ali (may Allah swt preserve him)