Notable Quotes

[Abu-Asiya]

Assalamu aleykum,

Share your notable quotes. Each quote shouldn't be more than a paragraph. Just a quote, and the name of the person being quoted.

[Abu-Asiya]

"Weep like a woman for what you could not defend as a man".

Story behind the quote:

Time and setting:

After the fall of the Emirate of Granada 897–898 A.H (1492 A.D)

..as the royal party moved south toward exile, they reached a rocky prominence which gave a last view of the city. Muhammad XII reined in his horse and, surveying for the last time the Al hambra and the green valley that spread below, burst into tears. When his mother approached him she said ; "Weep like a woman for what you could not defend as a man".

[Umm Khawla]

"Mix with those who have patience for their hearts are indeed the softest" -Umar ibn Al-khattab

[Mu'awiya]

Asalaam alaikum warahmatulah wabarakatuh

أخي فامض لا تلتفت للوراء * طريقك قد خضبته الدماء و لا تلتفت ههنا أو هناك * و لا تتطلع لغير السماء

My brother, do not look back * Your path has been covered in blood. And do not look look here or there * And do not look except to the sky.

['Diwan Sayyid Qutb']

[Mu'awiya]

“What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my heaven and my garden. If I travel they are with me, never leaving me. Imprisonment for me is a chance to be alone with my Lord. To be killed is martyrdom and to be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey.’ Ibn Taymiyyah (Ibn al-Qayyim, Al-Waabil As-Sayyib, p.69) ]

[Mu'awiya]

Asalaam alaikum.


"They are Shuhadaa (witnesses) to the fact that this Deen is greater than life, that values are more important than blood and that principles are more precious than souls" - Abdullah Azzam.

[Umm Khawla]

Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "you owe me". Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. - Hafiz

[Scented Blood]

Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "you owe me". Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. - Hafiz

Amazing Subhanallah.


If possible can we have references as well please.

[Umm Khawla]

^ That quote was by Shamsuddin Hafez, a persian poet of the 14th century. Much like Rumi, his poetry has elements of shirk but this one was beautiful.

"If you've studied the captives being caught by the American soldiers in South Vietnam, you'll find that these guerrillas are young people. Some of them are just children and some haven't reached their teens. Most are teenagers. It is the teenagers abroad, all over the world, who are actually involving themselves in the struggle to eliminate oppression and exploitation. In the Congo, the refugees point out that many of the Congolese revolutionaries, they shoot all the way down to seven years old - that's been reported in the press. Because the revolutionaries are children, young people. In these countries, the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist. And here in this country, it has been my own observation that when you get into a conversation on racism and discrimination and segregation, you will find young people more incensed over it - they feel more filled with an urge to eliminate it."

- Malcolm X

[Umm Khawla]

"First, what waiting accomplishes: Waiting isn’t just something you have to do in order to get what you want. No, waiting produces patience, understanding, maturity, and character. What God accomplishes in you while you’re waiting is often more important than the thing you’re waiting for. It also forces any potential weakness to the surface. The truth is that time spent waiting is time spent learning and growing!

Second, what waiting isn’t: Waiting is not an excuse for dodging reality, shirking responsibility, or not doing the right thing.

Above all else, waiting means making a daily decision to trust and obey God, even when things aren’t going the way you planned."


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