Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety. After all, it is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)
Contentment and good deeds
Richness is not having many belongings, but richness is contentment of the soul.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
God does not look at your forms and possessions but He looks at your hearts and deeds.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
A ray of light through layers of darkness
Sometimes you might feel like Prophet Yunus [Jonah]; isolated from the world and enveloped in layers of darkness. But in those moments you need to respond like Yunus and remember that Allah [God] is with you and a single ray of His light can obliterate all the darkness.
Shaykh Azhar Nasser (Twitter)
A change in mindset
Are you finding it hard to move ahead in your journey? Quit overthinking, quit replaying failed scenarios, quit negative thinking and start seeing the good and positive side to things. It’s amazing what a change in mindset can do for you. Try it and you won’t look back.
Mufti Ismail Menk (Twitter)
A guidance and good tidings
Surely this Quran guides to what is most upright, and gives good news to the believers—who do good—that they will have a mighty reward.
Qur’an 17:9
Stay humble and kind
Stay humble at all times. Pray for humility. Ask the Almighty to constantly remind you of your faults & flaws, so you don’t act like you’re more superior than the next person. Ask Him to forgive you for the unkind & harsh words you used on others thinking you have the upper hand.
Mufti Ismail Menk (Twitter)
Beyond perception and comprehension
God’s Essence, as stated in the Qur’an, is beyond the scope of human perception and comprehension. The human imagination cannot possibly conjure up what God is like. Imagination consists of fragments of reality already perceived; the human mind cannot imagine beyond what it sees and experiences in the physical world. The picture-making power of the mind is based on observation; God resembles or compares to nothing in this world.
God or No God by Haya Muhammad Eid
Ponder about the creatures of God and do not ponder about God Himself (His Essence) lest you be ruined.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
Whatever mental picture you have of God, God is different.
Ibn Hanbal
Stop, recharge, and gain strength
Every now and then, pause. Take stock of your life. Are you pleased with your progress? Which areas need improvement? It’s a blessing to be able to stop, recharge and gain strength before moving forward. Don’t let anyone make you feel bad!
Mufti Ismail Menk (Twitter)
Learn to pause, reflect, remember, and renew.
It’s better to move with purpose at a slower pace, than to constantly spin your wheels aimlessly.
Dr. Omar Suleiman (Twitter)
He will test you
God will test you through the things you love to remind you that His love is all you’ll ever need.
Shaykh Azhar Nasser (Twitter)
Polished hearts
Verily, in the body is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the entire body is sound, and if corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
Wealth is in the heart and poverty is in the heart. Whoever is wealthy in his heart will not be harmed no matter what happens in the world. Whoever is impoverished in his heart will not be satisfied no matter how much he has in the world. Verily, he will only be harmed by the greed of his own soul.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
No human being will enter Paradise if there is as much as the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust. The polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
Ahmed Eltawil 