
- “Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future.”
- “Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.”
- “Do not grieve over what has passed unless it makes you work harder for what is about to come.”
- “Whosoever shows you your faults is your friend. Those that pay you lip service in praise are your executioners.”
- “I have never regretted my silence, as for my speech I’ve regretted it many times.”
- “The less attachment to the world. The easier your life.”
- “Sit with those who love God, for that enlightens the mind.”
- “Hold fast to the truth and it will reveal to you the status of the people of the truth.”
- “He who wins through fraud is no winner.”
- “Be dignified, honest and truthful.”
- “Don’t forget your own self while preaching to others.”
- “Doing good for a good done to you is simply repayment, whereas doing good for an evil done to you is a tremendous virtue.”
- “We were the most humiliated people on earth and God gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, God will humiliate us again.”
- “Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.”
- “When one’s intention is sincere, God will suffice his needs, protect him, and guide him in his dealings with the people.”
– Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) 579 – 644 AD – companion of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Photo: Rub al-Khali, Arabian Peninsula