Supquotes

×
☰ MENU

islam

“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?”

— Alphonse de Lamartine, History of Turkey, Share via Whatsapp

“Small good decisions will lead you to the glorious path of success.”

— Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, Share via Whatsapp

“They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: If the books of this library contain matters opposed to the Koran, they are bad and must be burned. If they contain only the doctrine of the Koran, burn them anyway, for they are superfluous. Our learned men have cited this reasoning as the height of absurdity. However, suppose Gregory the Great was there instead of Omar and the Gospel instead of the Koran. The library would still have been burned, and that might well have been the finest moment in the life of this illustrious pontiff.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and Polemics, Share via Whatsapp

“remember that trying is eighty percent of doing something. So try and don t give up, because not giving up is the other twenty percent.”

— Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, Share via Whatsapp

“I am a Muslim, because it s a religion that teaches you an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It teaches you to respect everybody, and treat everybody right. But it also teaches you if someone steps on your toe, chop off their foot. And I carry my religious axe with me all the time.”

— Malcolm X, Share via Whatsapp

“Some of the fighters wear the best uniforms, do the best drills, but hardly anyone has seen them fighting. Some you won t even think that they are fighters, but they are the best knights on the battlefield.”

— Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, Share via Whatsapp

“اذا كان الانسان مع الله كان الله معه وأرسل له عند الحاجة علامات تدل على ذلك.”

— Malcolm X, Share via Whatsapp

“Love is and should always be unconditional.”

— Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, Share via Whatsapp

“The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.”

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Share via Whatsapp

“your life will not end with death. You are Immortal. You were always there and you always will be.”

— Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories, Share via Whatsapp

“من قال عليّ ما لم أقل فليتبوأ مقعده من النار Whoever ascribes to me what I have not said then let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire! (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 3, #109)”

— Prophet Muhammad, Share via Whatsapp

“اصحاب العقول الواقفة عند حرفية النص-قرانا وسنة- كثيرا ما تفلت منهم المقاصد والمنافع فيمشون على وجوههم”

— حنان اللحام, هدي السيرة النبوية في التغيير الاجتماعي, Share via Whatsapp

“None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself”

— Prophetic Symbols in the Bible, Share via Whatsapp

“در غم ما روزها بی گاه شد روزها با سوزها همراه شد”

— مولانا جلال الدین بلخی, Share via Whatsapp

“Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.”

— Imam Al-Ghazzali, Share via Whatsapp

“أستطيع أن أجهر في صراحة بأن المسلم لن يتم إسلامه إلا إذا كان سياسياً، بعيد النظر في شؤون أمته، مهتماً بها، غيوراً عليها”

— حسن البنا, مجموعة رسائل الإمام الشهيد حسن البنا, Share via Whatsapp

“ما يصيب المسلم من نصب ولا وصب ولا همّ ولا حزن ولا أذى ولا غمّ - حتى الشوكة يشاكها - إلا كفّر الله بها مِن خطاياه No fatigue, disease, sorrow, sadness, hurt or distress befalls a Muslim - not even the prick he receives from a thorn - except that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 70, #545)”

— Anonymous, Share via Whatsapp