Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it--He doesn't harden it.

There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

There will come a day when a person would be willing to give everything they ever loved, everything they ever owned, everything they ever chased in this life, everything between the heavens and earth...just for the chance to come back here and make just one sajdah (prostration). Just one.

Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.

Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest

Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don't ever envy people who seem to have more than you. The more blessings, the more tests. And the greater the blessing, the harder the test.

The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize... It was only a dream