Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
IBN TAYMIYYAH
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Ibn Taymiyyah on commitment
Ibn Taymiyyah45 quotes“Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.”
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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah What can you do with me? My jannah is in my heart! If you take me to jail, I will make zikr of Allah. If you exile me out of my land, I will make takaffur. If you execute me, I would be a shaheed. What can you do with me? Because I am not limited to this dunya. I am living for al-akhira!
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on earth. Whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise in the Hereafter.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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