Beneficial quotes

"Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

[Qur'an: Surah Ali Imran 3, verse 8]

"Do the people think that they will be left to say , 'We believe", and they will not be tried? But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars."

[Qur'an: Surah al-Ankabut 29, verses 2-3]

"And it is He Who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e, bodies of water] one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition."

[Qur'an: Surah al-Furqan 25, verse 53]

"O soul, take counsel from this admonition - accept this advice. He who shuns the admonition is content with the Fire. And how I find you content with the Fire and oblivious to the admonition! If hardness [of the heart] prevents you from accepting admonition, then avail yourself against it by perpetual night vigil and prayer. If it persists then, reduce both company and conversation. If it has not ceased, then [resort to goodness] to kin (silat al-arham) and by kindness to orphans. If it continues further, know that Allah has sealed and closed your heart, for your heart will have accumulated the darkness of sin in both its interior and exterior."

[Vigilance and Self Examination By Al-Ghazali: page 81]

"This world is the farmland for the Hereafter; here is where we plant our good deeds and improve society in the hopes of rewards in this world and the next. The two worlds are intrinsically connected."

[Productive Muslim: page 34]

"Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges. The ruler who has authority over people is a guardian and is responsible for them, a man is a guardian of his family and is responsible for them; a woman is a guardian of her husbands house and children and is responsible over them; a slave is a guardian of his masters property and is responsible for it; so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your charges." 

[Bukhari Hadith]

"Don't use Allah to get to dunya (this world). Use the dunya to get to Allah. Don't seek refuge with your deeds. Seek refuge from your deeds with Allah. Don't advocate on behalf of your nafs when addressing Allah. Advocate on behalf of Allah when addressing your nafs."

[Yasmin Mogahed]

Messenger of Allah PBUH said: "Woman was created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you want to benefit from her, you will benefit from her while crookedness remains in her. If you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her."

[Sahih Muslim]

The Prophet PBUH said; "When any one of you sleeps, Shaytan ties three knots at the back of your head. On each knot he repeats and exhales the following words. 'The night is long, so stay asleep.' If you wake up and remember Allah, one knot is undone; and if you do wudu, the second knot is undone; and if you pray, the third knot is undone, and you get up in the morning full of energy and with a clear heart. Otherwise, you get up feeling lazy and with a muddled heart."

[Al-Bukhari 3/24; Muslim 6/65]

Love whom you will, for ye shall part with him. Do what you will, you will be requited for it. Live as you will, for you shall die. 

"And if you should count the favours of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

[Qur'an: Surah an-Nahl 16, verse 18]

"And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers."

[Qur'an: Surah al-Hijr 15, verse 22]

"He [Allah] knows that which deceives the eyes and what the hearts conceal."

[Qur'an: Surah al-Ghaafir 40, verse 19]

"O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement."

[Qur'an: Surah al-Ghaafir 40, verse 39]