Great Throughts Treasury

"A sincere repenter of faults is like him who hath committed none."

"Religion is admonition, and it means being pure."

"They will enter the Garden of Bliss who have a true, pure, and merciful heart."

"Every human being hath two inclinations - one prompting him to good and impelling him thereto, and the other prompting him to evil and thereto impelling him but Divine assistance is nigh, and he who asketh the help of God in contending with the evil promptings of his own heart obtaineth it."

"It is your own conduct which will lead you to reward or punishment, as if you had been destined therefore."

"The proud will not enter Paradise, nor a violent speaker."

"The best of persons in God's sight is the best amongst his friends and the best of neighbors near God is the best person in his own neighborhood."

"The Lord doth not regard a prayer in which the heart doth not accompany the body."

"True modesty is the source of all virtues."

"He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God."

"Everyone is divinely furthered in accordance with his character."

"Acquire knowledge. It enableth its posessor to distinguish right from wrong it lighteth the way to Heave it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless it guideth us to happiness it sustaineth us in misery it is an ornament among friends, and an armour against enemies."

"Kindness is a mark of faith and whoever hath not kindness hath not faith."

"He who helpeth his fellow-creature in the hour of need, and he who helpeth the oppressed, him will God help in the Day of Travail."

"Humility and courtesy are acts of piety."

"Be persistent in good actions."

"One learned man is harder on the devil than a thousand ignorant worshippers"

"Trust in God, but tie it (your camel)."

"Refrain from seeing and speaking of the vices of mankind, which you know are in yourself."

"Adore God as thou wouldst if thou sawest Him for if thou seest Him not, He seeth thee."

"Do not say that if people do good to us, we will do good to them and if people oppress us, we will oppress them but determine that if people do you good, you will do good to them and if they oppress you, you will not oppress them."

"Do not speak ill of the dead."

"Abuse nobody, and if a man abuse thee, and lay upon a vice which he knoweth in thee then do not disclose one which thou knowest in him."

"The exercise of religious duty will not atone for the fault of an abusive tongue."

"Shedding of blood will be the first matter about which judgment will be given on the Day of Resurrection."

"Whoever hath been given gentleness, hath been given a good portion in this world and the next."

"Those who are merciful have mercy shown them by the Compassionate One, if you show mercy to those who are in the earth, He Who is in heaven will show mercy to you."

"Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition and are kindest to their families."

"The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim."

"A believer's soul is attached to his debt till it is paid."

"He who does a good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings, and I God shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an equivalent reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws the length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall draw the length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking I shall come to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of the size of the earth, but has not associated anything with Me, I shall meet him a similar amount of forgiveness."

"He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good."

"Every good act is charity."

"If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise."

"There is a polish for everything that takes away rust; and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of Allah."

"Your smiling in your brother's face is charity an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity, your assisting the blind is charity your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity your giving water to the thirsty is charity."

"You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another."

"Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow."

"It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad, and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent, but silence is better than idle words."

"Acquire knowledge, it enables its professor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude and companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament amongst friends and an armor against enemies."

"The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self."

"Allah will not give mercy to anyone, except those who give mercy to other creatures."

"O Lord, grant me your love, grant me that I love those who love you; grant me, that I might do the deeds that win your love. Make your love dearer to me than the love of myself, my family and wealth."

"Be not like the hypocrite who, when he talks, tells lies; when he gives a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he proves dishonest."

"Allah does not look at your appearance or your possessions; but He looks at your heart and your deeds."

"There is nothing heavier in the scales than good character."

"Those who are patient in adversity and forgive wrongs are the doers of excellence."

"Riches are not from an abundance of wordly goods but from a contented mind."

"Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people."

"What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs (the peace of) your heart, give it up."