Radicalization does not happen to young people with a strong grounding in the American Muslim mainstream; increasingly, it happens online, and sometimes abroad, among the isolated and disaffected.

Whoever makes sujood to Allah properly, will never make sujood to the duniya.

This life is the greatest lie ever told and the hereafter is the greatest truth ever unknown

You can't push anything to happen if you can't push a blanket off your body at fajr.

Muhāsaba is your best selfie.

I had a lot of trouble accepting God as a human being.

Attachments stir the soul, ignite the emotions. Guard what moves you, reserving that for the truth.