“He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.”

How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him.

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape

My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,

O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.

Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

I complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;

Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.

Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.

We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

In everything give thanks

It’s a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else.

Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.

Well, well, he said. Five days a week isnt enough of me? Had to give me an evening, too?