“Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night. This is how to bring about the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period. If each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, Be not like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life grows ever shorter.” IfsShouldUseWisdomSpiritualNightGrowsWealthPracticeFoolPeriodsBlessingAccountsIncreaseBreathsStructureContraryIslamicEach DayNeglectJewelsDeceivedJoyousDay And NightPricelessSpiritual Blessings Author:Al-Ghazali
“Knowledge for us means knowledge of the allowance/dispensation (rukhsa). As for strictness, anyone can show strictness.” MeanShowsWisdomIslamicAllowance Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually. I've found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better.” ThinkingSeemsSongFoundNiceBoringSensitiveEntertainingMisanthropic Author:Jarvis Cocker
“There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter.” MenWorldWellsKindDoeTwoWisdomPureBenefitsIntentionDeedsIslamicWorldlyGood DeedsHereafterShowing OffOstentation Author:Al-Ghazali
“Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance from all his sins.” ShouldWisdomSoundSinPathIslamicRepentance Author:Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
“By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned). The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I hope for virtues thereby.” FirstsWisdomSinVirtueGreaterFourBlessingGainsThirdsAdversityEndureIslamicContentmentFourthDeprived Author:Umar
“The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.” KnowsMenSoulWisdomWiseParadiseIslamicFitting Author:Ibn Hazm
“The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.” MenWisdomBlackPaperMereProductionsIslamicPensAttributesAntsCrawling Author:Al-Ghazali
“Your heart mirrors not His love, Rusty with your sins it is, Remove this rust and you shall Perceive how Glorious He is.” HeartWisdomSinMirrorsPerceiveGloriousIslamicRemoveHis LoveRust Author:Rumi
