What comes to a person in his or her life, however difficult it may be, perhaps will help a person move closer to God. The response to tribulation is abr, which is patience, perseverance, steadfastness, and resolve. Allāh loves the patient; part of the reason the tribulation comes is to draw the quality of patience out of them - He loves this quality.

In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from the middle class and the educated. And empathy is a very powerful emotion.

We are in a waking dream... We see worlds where others scheme.

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen

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.

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.