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And it is in that which you love most that you find the greatest test.

You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.

The secret to happiness is to never make it dependent on that which can be taken away

Sometimes people have nothing to say because they're too empty.
And sometimes people have nothing to say because they're too full.

Don't you think there's a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman's greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?

She was a queen, yet saw through the thrones and palaces of this world.

Salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, and yet it is the last thing that is on our mind.

He knows that behind each false door is a drop. And if we enter it, we will fall. In His mercy, He keeps those false doors closed.

Some feel lonely because they haven't found that perfect 'companion' yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.

Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it's mark on our heart's sky.

There's a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn't very loveable.

Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.

Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.

Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.

Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is
a gift from God to you.

Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.

The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.

Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.

Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.

Tawakkul is having complete trust that Allah's plan is the best plan.

In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).

Let your heart go Home, even before your body arrives.

Embrace life and all that God gives you-but never let it contain you. This world is too small to contain you.

Can not the One who gives life to dead land, give life to dead hearts?

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

People think that tests only come in the form of hardships. Allah also tests us with ease, it's often in the test of ease that we fail most.

Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.

If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.

Ignoring a Reality doesn't make it less Real. It's still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn't stop it from happening.

Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.

Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.

Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.

The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.

Some people should not be allowed to see beyond your surface. Seeing your vulnerability is a privilege, not meant for everyone.

You keep only what you give ... to Him.

Single moment in a string of infinite moments ... and that they too shall pass.

Sometimes we make duaa for a door of dunya. When it doesn't open, we cry. Not realizing that Allah has instead opened a door of jennah for us.

Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself

My sisters, let's tell 'fashion' we love Allah more!

At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.

When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.

Take care of the hearts you've been entrusted with. Once lost, they can be lost from you forever.

Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.

Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.

Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.

Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.

Let the love of Allah heal you. And free you.

I'll tell you the only way to survive: Ask God to place a semi-permeable shield around your heart: One that only allows what He loves to enter.

Don't get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.

Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.

Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.

When you love something so much, protect what you love, and the bond between you, by making the love about Allah.

People think it's the mind that drives us. It is the heart. The mind is a slave to the heart. So check the condition of the heart.

However the problem wasn't with the vase, or even that the vases kept breaking. The problem was that I kept putting them on the edges of tables.

Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.

We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.

Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.

The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .

Let your former selves teach you, but never limit or define you

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

To some,Islam is nothing but a code of rules and regulations.But,to those who understand,it is a perfect vision of life

You never have to be scared of the trials but of standing alone in the trials without shelter (Allah's help).

If you're having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!

The mind replays what the heart can't delete.

The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless.

Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn't give it to you, because He knew you wouldn't be able to pay it.

If you study your own struggles, the struggles of others, even in movies or novels you'll see the root of all their suffering is always attachments

When I need God most, He comes
to me the fastest and closest. When
I need the creation most, they run
from me the fastest and farthest.

Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn't penetrate.

Do you struggle with confusion? Not knowing which way to go? Here's why: We turn to means (help of creation, our own mind) before turning to God.

Loss; is the returning of what never actually belonged to us in the first place.

If you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His Sun.

Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.

Oh my heart, there is another way to love. Do not love the gift for what the gift is. Love the gift for Who it came from.

If you worshipped Muhammad, know that Muhammad is dead. But if you worshipped Allah, know that Allah never dies.

This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.

Don't despair if your heart has been through a lot of trauma. Sometimes that's how beautiful hearts are remade: they are shattered first.

The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.

You put your head on the ground, and in that moment everything was okay.

In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize ... It was only a dream

Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.

When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.

When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.

He chose better for me, He always chooses better

If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.

The worst prison is not made of metal bars. The worst prison is when your internal reality does not match your external reality.

Study the hurtful patterns of your life.
Then don't repeat them.

If you want to know what's Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.

We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.

If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.

Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.

This pain in your heart was created to make you yearn less for this life. And to yearn more for jennah. Allahu akbar

Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it
He doesn't harden it.

Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.

Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees ... the perfect position to seek God.

Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.

Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing.

Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.