There are four things which are useful and beneficial for everyone, namely:
To be just;
To be guided by wisdom;
To be patient and persevering and
To respect people.
-Shaikh Fariduddin 'Attar

There are four things, which go to point out the foolishness of a person, namely:
Not to see his own bad defects in the world;
To be in search of the defects of others;
To sow the seed of stinginess in his heart;
And inspite of it, to expect generosity.
Shaikh Fariduddin 'Attar

The greatest calamity that befall the heedless is that they are ignorant of their own faults.
-Ali Hajwiri

"It is in supporting one another that two hands find strength. A thorny branch can only be cut if the left hand is helping. The right hand raised alone could not cut even a morsel of meat."

"Oh man, do not intend harm to others Or it will cause untold harm to you."-Bawa Muhaiyyadeen

"Do not cause hurt to the hearts of others dispel the disease in your heart which desires to hurt.Great benefit will come to you and bring peace into your life."-bawa muhaiyyadeen

The life of the heart is knowledge; so preserve it, The death of the heart is ignorance; so avoid it. Your best provision is true devotion; so provide it. This advice of mine is enough for you; so heed it. Ghazâlî

Do not leave the invocation of Allah (dhikr) because of your lack of presence with Allah therein, for your heedlessness of invocation is worse than your heedlessness in invocation. It may well be that He raises you from invocation with heedlessness to invocation with attentiveness, and from invocation with attentiveness to invocation with presence of heart, and from invocation with presence of heart to invocation in which there is absence — from anything besides the Invoked, ‘and that is not difficult for Allah’ [Qur’ân 14:20]. Sidi Ibn ‘AtaiIllah

Outer calmness is the reflection of inner awareness.

For every sin but the killing of Time there is forgiveness.

"A closed heart means not trusting oneself to love."

A woman's heart should be so lost in God,
that a man must seek Him in order to find her

Surah Nas...

Something to always remember and use to keep the bad away from you, especially people influenced by those whom are enemies to Good..Shaitan...This is to use and maybe such people will come across this that they may learn..its the words of Allah..God..not something I or somoene else made up...so know and respect the higher being and take heed.....try your best to keep him away from you, drive him away from whispering in your hearts..cuz he has..and look at how much damage you have caused from it...but only if You Love your Creator, will you ever care or realize...

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem

Qul a'udhu bi Rabbi-n-nas

Maliki-n-nas

Ilahi-n-nas

Min-sharri-l-waswasi-l-khannas

Alladhi yuwaswisu fi suduri-n-nas

Min al-jinnati wa-n-nas

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

The King of mankind,

The God of mankind,

From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,

Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,

Of the jinn and of mankind.

Subhan'Allah..Subhan'Allah..Subhan'Allah...

Amazing how life has twists and turns...amazing how curveballs are thrown at you..Beautiful how things can change in just a blink of an eye...surprising how people can be so ungrateful before their hearts skip to the next beat..but its all the beauty of life. People are so blinded by their arrogance and pride and are so consumed with themselves that they think they know what they're doing. They know the right thing to do..when all in all..they dont know anything to begin with. If everyone was to look at themselves and admit to what they need to change, and what is wrong with them, the world would be a much better place. But no, we have people that are busy putting down others, because we are not like them, but these same people go and talk about how they give people the benefit of the doubt and that they give people a chance...who are we kidding here?..subhan'allah...
when you fall down on your face and you look behind you, remember there is nothing there but a mere memory...this is when Allah puts in your heart and your mind, the notion of understanding and remorse...an amazing..beautiful..ironic thing...
Beautiful..beautiful..beautiful...people that are so petty...so petty..so petty...learn much too late..too late...too late...
and the sad thing is...lol...they judge you for who you are, what you do, what you have done, where you are in your life..and dont even care about YOU...just only factors that have to do with you..because they are selfish..and only want what they can get....May Allah guide us all...and may HE soften the hearts of those hearts who are Hard, and may He melt the Hearts of those whose hearts are frozen and may He help the ones who lost their Hearts, find a new one again insh'Allah..May Allah correct those whom have wronged others..May HE correct and show to those whom do not care about the feelings of others, May HE bring justice to those who have been treated unjustly...ameen... :)

The wound caused by fire heals in its time;

the burn inflicted by an inflamed tongue never heals.

The supplication is the weapon of the believer,

a pillar of the religion

and the light of the heavens and the earth.

-Muhammad saaws

Your prayers are your light;

your devotion is your strength;

sleep is the enemy of both.

Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you.

If you ignore it, if you waste it,

you will only turn to dust.

-Rabia Al Adawiyyah

Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart

and absorption in the affairs of the neworld enkindles light in the heart.

-Uthman Ibn Affan(RA

)

This world is full of remedies.

But you have no remedy until God opens a window for you.

You may not be aware of the remedy just now.

In the hour of need it will be made clear to you.

The Prophet (pbuh) said God made a remedy for every pain.

-Rumi

Meditation in God is my capital.
Reason and sound logic is the root of my existence.
Love is the foundation of my existence.
Enthusiasm is the vehicle of my life.
Contemplation of Allah is my companion.
Faith is the source of my power.
Sorrow is my friend.
Knowledge is my weapon.
Patience is my clothing and virtue.
Submission to the Divine Will is my pride.
Truth is my salvation.
Worship is my habit.
And in prayer lies the coolness of my eye and my peace of mind.
-ascribed to Ali (RA)

Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the
gentle breeze blowing upon the heart,
extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya,
Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord,
shall be in a state of calm and tranquility.
-Ibn al Qayyim

O, ye people I counsel you to read the Qur'an.
Try to understand it and ponder over it.
Imbibe the teachings of the Qur'an.
Then practice what the Qur'an teaches.
-Umar ibn Al-Khattab

How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone?

Become earth, you may grow flowers of many colours.

For you have been a heart-breaking rock.

Once, for the sake of experiment, be earth!

-Rumi

soften your heart

If you are busy with yourself now,
you will be busy with yourself then.
If you are busy with God now,
you will be with Him then.
-Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

I looked at all friends and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
-Umar (Ra)

If you want to talk to Allah,
perform Salah.
If you want Allah to talk to you,
read Qur'an.

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
-Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Everything has its polish and the polish of hearts is Dhikrullah - Muhammad (saaws)

Dhikr of Allah is the most excellent act of Allah's servants and is stressed over a hundred times in the Holy Qur'an. It is the most praiseworthy work to earn Allah's pleasure, the most effective weapon to overcome the enemy, and the most deserving of deeds in reward. It is the flag of Islam, the polish of hearts, the essence of the science of faith, the immunization against hypocrisy, the head of worship, and the key of all success.There are no restrictions on the modality, frequency, or timing of dhikr whatsoever. The restrictions on modality pertain to certain specific obligatory acts which are not the issue here, such as Salat. The Shari`a is clear and everyone knows what they have to do. Indeed, the Prophet said that the People of Paradise will only regret one thing: not having made enough dhikr in the world! Are not those who are making up reasons to discourage others from making dhikr afraid of Allah in this tremendous matter?

Allah says in His holy Book: "O Believers, make abundant mention of ALLAH!" (33:41) And He mentions of His servants "Those who remember their Lord standing, and sitting, and lying on their sides" (3:191), in other words at all times of the day and night. He said (3:190-191): "The creation of heaven and earth and the changes of night and day are signs for people who have wisdom: -- consider who is described as having wisdom -- Those who remember (and recite and call) Allah standing up, sitting, and lying on their sides." `A'isha said, as narrated by Muslim, that the Prophet mentioned/remembered Allah at all times of the day and night.

The Prophet said: "If your hearts were always in the state that they are in during dhikr, the angels would come to see you to the point that they would greet you in the middle of the road." Muslim narrated it. Imam Nawawi in his Sharh sahih muslim commented on this hadith saying: "This kind of sight is shown to someone who persists in meditation (muraqaba), reflection (fikr), and anticipation (iqbal) of the next world."

Pride is concerned with who is right.
Humility is concerned with what is right.


Knowledge is not what is memorized.
Knowledge is what benefits.


Shaitan is always looking for an opening to get you.
Drive him away with dhikr.


Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord
-Abd al-Qadir Jilani (rahimullah)


Meet people in such a manner that if you die,
they should weep for you,
and if you live,
they should long for your company
-Ali (ra)

The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
-Umar (Ra)

Whoever does not thank people, does not thank God
-Muhammad (saaws) (tirmidhi)

"People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak"
-Abu Hamid al Ghazali

When you notice in a person some manifest act of obedience to Allah and some secret act of disobedience, you might regard the act of obedience as showing off or hypocrisy, and the disobedience as the genuine trait of that person. Justice demands otherwise

Al Afou' "The Oft-Pardoning" by Amr Khaled...BEAUTIFUL...

Know-it-alls

So all this talk of how people like to justify other people's pains is really annoying.

Who do we think we are to tell other people how to hurt? The funniest thing is when people try to justify their actions so they can relieve some guilt off of their own conscience. What a humorous way to make yourself feel better...what a heartless way...what a selfish way...

Why is hurting a person by your words considered a bigger sin than hurting someone physically? Because physical wounds can heal...emotional and mental wounds dont heal so quickly. Bones can heal but words can scar you for life. So forget a sprain even, sprains heal. Words? Belittlement? Slander? The abuse and disrespect of a friend thats deceased? These things are just bruises? Wow....

How sad when people justify their actions. Especially when the person they oppressed or hurt actually found the heart to forgive them. what do ungrateful people do? Every day you find them finding some new justification or some new opinion on the situation and think they have it all figured it out...but then with these little reasonings they form in their minds, they end up losing out in the end. They pump themselves up with confidence, they tell themselves they are right for thinking the way they think, but then end up being blind and ungrateful...and worse off, losers...

So let them think these things...let them justify..let them believe they are right...let the blind take their own path...wait til they see that they took the wrong road and they missed the exit a few miles back...

Forgive him who wrongs you;
join him who cuts you off;
do good to him who does evil to you
and speak the truth even if it be against yourself
(inscriped on the Prophet's (salallahu alayhi wa sallam)sword


True devotion is for itself
not to desire heaven
nor to fear hell
-Rabia al-Adawiyya

True..

We Are In His Hands In Anger And In Peace

If we come to ignorance, that is His prison.
And if we come to knowledge, that is His balcony.

If we come to sleep, we are His drowsy-drunken ones.
And if we come to wakeful alertness, we are in His Hands.

If we come to weeping, we are His cloud full of raindrops.
And if we come to laughing, we are His lightning in that moment.

If we come to anger and battle, it is the reflection of His Wrath.
And if we come to peace and pardon, it is the reflection of His Love.
--Rumi
Mathnawi I: 1510-1513

Regret..

If something is meant to go elsewhere,
it will never come your way,
but if its yours by destiny,
from you it cannot flee..

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.”


“If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live.”

“Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today's duties put off until tomorrow give us a double burden to bear; the best way is to do them in their proper time.”

The world is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.
-Hasan al Basri


Whoever follows patience, success will follow him

Don't fret about your affairs, leave it in His hands. Do you think if he wants it for you, anyone can stop it? Or if he doesnt want it for you, anyone can grant it? Don't look to anyone for your needs, for the One who created you, knows you...

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that Faith is his twin brother...