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“Be hard on yourself, easy on others.”

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Al-Shafi‘i (767-820 AD) was an influential Islamic jurist, theologian, and philosopher, known as the founder of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence. His works and ideas have had a profound impact on the development of Islamic law. more

“Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The first are those who care nothing for the pleasures of the world and the second (i.e. those who are deserving of criticism) care nothing for haya or modesty.”

People World Firsts Kind Two Wisdom Care Pleasure Criticism Praise Worthy Islamic Modesty Who Cares Deserving

Author:Ibn Hazm

“The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.”

World Way Humans Wisdom Example Offers Behavior Islam Islamic Surprising Human Behavior Power Of Words World History Impressive

Author:William Hardy McNeill

“Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting. Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests, Of monsters in the ocean. You are the Just who knows no change, The Balance that can never swerve, The Eternal which never passes away. The doors of Kings are bolted now and guarded by soldiers. Your Door is open to all who call upon You. Each love is now alone with his beloved. And I am alone with You.”

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Author:Rabia Basri

“To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.”

Ifs Knows Children Doe Wisdom Mother Conditions Islamic Trust In Allah

Author:Al-Ghazali

“A person is truly a human if he or she learns, and teaches, and inspires others. It is difficult to regard as truly human someone who is ignorant and has no desire to learn.”

Ifs Humans Persons Wisdom Desire Difficult Teach Inspire Regard Ignorant Islamic Inspire Others Desire To Learn

Author:Fethullah Gulen

“When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.”

Heart Wisdom Light Beautiful Causes Consciousness Path Worship Enlightenment Foundation Intellect Islamic Establishment Illumination Purification Dhikr

Author:Habib Umar bin Hafiz

“Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break”

Littles Wisdom Break Compromise Islamic

Author:Jane Wells

“The tolerance within the body of Islam was, and is, something without parallel in history; class and race and color ceasing altogether to be barriers.”

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Author:Marmaduke Pickthall

“Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the negativities of constant objections. Certainty(al-yaqin) does not derive from the evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.”

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Author:Ibn Arabi

“Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.”

May Wisdom Enemy Fire Flower Sitting Garden Islamic Midst Flower Garden

Author:Rumi

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