You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.

We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to 'speak' to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always 'speaking'. The question is whether we are listening.

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.

Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.

We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.

Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.

Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.