People think it's the mind that drives us. It is the heart. The mind is a slave to the heart. So check the condition of the heart.

Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.

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

Oh my heart, there is another way to love. Do not love the gift for what the gift is. Love the gift for Who it came from.

Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you're furnishing it.

In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we're likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease. By taking away all other hand-holds, all other multiple choice options, He has made the test simple.It's never easy to stand when the storm hits. And that's exactly the point. By sending the wind, He brings us to our knees: the perfect position to pray

Salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, and yet it is the last thing that is on our mind.