March 2012
“The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love...”
– Philip Roth (via wordsofsolace)
“He said I feel lonely and hollow from the inside. I said: You can’t be lonely if...”
– Assim Alhakeem (via wordsofsolace)
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than...”
– Seneca. (via wordsofsolace)
“Life, either will make you laugh and rejoice for an hour over which you will cry...”
– Sheikh Muhammad Mukhtar Ash Shinqitee (via quranicverses)
zuleikha:
If your heart is broken, know that He is Al-Jabbar, the One who mends.
“Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.”
– Muhammad Ali (via wordsofsolace)
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I Feel Great
Despite going through a pretty crappy week lol. :) Alhumdulillah, alhumdulillah, alhumdulillah. I feel so grateful for everything I’ve been given, as well as for everything that I have not been given, because ultimately it’s for the best. This peace of mind and heart is simply priceless.
“And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is...
nonchalante:
You have to stay positive. No matter what, be positive. Something went array? Be patient, have faith in Allaah, & react to it in a mature & positive way. Everything is going well? Maintain consistency and Praise Allaah.
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They Were People Too
“Most often when we hear or read about our previous predecessors, who were so high in their levels of taqwa and emaan we say “MashaAllah” or “SubhanAllah” – but honestly, they were humans too! Just like we are! Sure, they didn’t have as many temptations as we do in this world of today, but their lives were definitely not as comfortable as ours either. Imagine the hot days of summer without...
February 2012
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“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess...”
– Jay Asher (via danseurs)
“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak”
– Paul Wellstone (via lovelydeen)
wordsofsolace:
Make it your goal to not leave this world without reciting the Quran at least once with understanding. If you ask a convert why they converted to Islam, they will most likely say it is because they read a translation of the Quran. If reading the Quran with meaning is so powerful, such that a person who did not believe before becomes a believer as a result, imagine what it would do...
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Faith: The ability not to panic
“To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold...”
– Kenko Yoshida (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“Everyone is trying to save the Muslim woman; Western society must save her from...”
– Nadia El Awady (via egyptiansoapbox)
“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before...”
– Thucydides (via corona-borealis)
“When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear...”
– Howard Zinn on Kurt Vonnegut (via axelgonz08)
“If you take a child and you throw the child up there is a point where you see...”
– Hamza Yusuf (via wordsofsolace)
“After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via morningtreasure)
“Forgive people and overlook their faults. What does it say about our internal...”
– Hamza Andreas Tzortsis (via thebeautyofislam)
“It’s impossible to have a child and despise the world as it is, because that’s...”
– Milan Kundera (Identity)
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via corona-borealis)
