When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

When you’re going through something hard and you start wondering where Allah is, just remember, the Teacher is always quiet during a test.

Sabr is not remaining quiet and allowing anger to build up inside you. Sabr is to talk about what's bothering you without losing control of your emotions.

The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.

There is nothing wrong with having a good job, there is nothing wrong with having a nice house, there is nothing wrong with that. There is something wrong when that is your goal.

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem

If shaytan has entered into your heart - evil will look beautiful to you and good will seem tiring and exhausting.

Guilt is a gift from Allah warning you that what you are doing is violating your soul

What you desire is what you want, what you have is what Allah wants.

Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.

Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books.

Any aggressive lust lacks balance and is unwholesome and obstructive.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

I suspect in Lenin's works there's everything, if you search well.

Entertainment is not politically neutral.

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

Love, he thought as he held her to his heart, was an agony beyond compare.

Reading is the most rewarding form of exile and the most necessary discipline for novelists who burn with the ambition to get better.

I feel safer with my old enemy beside me.