Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.

Call on your Lord when your heart is brittle, that is a time when it's in pieces and the Light of Allah can fill the gaps. That is why Allāh is with the broken hearted.

Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

There's no specific punishment in the books of fiqh (Islamic laws) that relate to homosexuality per se. They apply to any illicit sexual relations, including prohibited heterosexual acts like adultery. And the punishments are strong, but they are legal fictions because they are impossible to prove. You need four witnesses to say they witnessed (sexual) penetration. In what circumstances are you going to find someone to testify to that?

Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed