Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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.
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age. Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they held, and the beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder.
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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.
