“People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like ‘unlikely’ or ‘impossible’ don’t coexist.”

Parents test our patience more than anyone else…Being around them keeps you in check…that’s what keeps you humbled.

You can’t change someone’s behaviour, all you can do is remind them, and hope that Allah will change their heart.

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

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

The hypocrite takes good advice as an insult.

When you’re not patient, you start complaining. And the fact that you’re complaining is a sign that you’re not grateful.

People can put you down, and they will but Allah will never abandon you, so long as you don’t.

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.

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.

There’s a battle going on inside you in Ramadan, and for 30 days Allah gives you the power to win.

For those of you that use YOLO to justify sin: YOLO, you only live once, but then you burn in hell forever.

Filthy language is used by people who don’t have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.

Allah created the bonds of family, so Who are you to cut bonds that Allah has created.

If we show Allah just a little bit of gratitude, He tells us, ‘I will increase you, and increase you, and increase you, I swear to it. If you could only show Me the least bit of gratitude.’

The most important investment of our time is in our people and in our youth.

I’m grateful for believing in a religion that can naturally adapt to changing times yet uphold timeless values and principles.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.

Someone once told me the definition of hell; on your last day on earth, the person you could have become will meet the person you became.

A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

If, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that we can understand our past through a male lens.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.