The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.
Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it--He doesn't harden it.
When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.
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.
Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
Don't let this Ramadan be just a holiday of rituals. Don't finish reading the Quran without it transforming you. Don't feed your body at suhoor, but starve your heart of Qiyam. Don't reduce this downpour of mercy to just a month of sweets and lavish iftars. Seek Him, you will find. Take a sincere step towards change, transformation, redemption. If you do, you will find Him in front of you. Find Him this month. He's been there all along. Closer than your jugular vein. Look and you'll find. Walk and you'll arrive.
Take care of the hearts you've been entrusted with. Once lost, they can be lost from you forever.
With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.
Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.
The worst part of getting close to someone is the part when you have to miss them.
Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.
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.
Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart. To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
Let the love of Allah heal you. And free you.
Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.