Inspiring Islamic Quotes to Uplift Your Spirit

"(Islam) is spacious (and has room for relaxation), and I have been sent with an easy and straightforward religion."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence."

- Pervez Musharraf

"For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease."

- Quran

"And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy."

- Quran

"The life of this world is merely the enjoyment of delusion."

- Quran 3:185

"And whoever turns away from My remembrance – indeed, he will have a depressed life."

- Quran 20:124

"Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."

- Quran

"And We have certainly created man and We know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein."

- Quran 50:16

"The best among you are those who have the best manners and character."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace."

- Quran 25:63

"And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves…"

- Quran 24:32

"Live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If you take a dislike to them it may be that you dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good."

- Quran 4:19

"And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

- Quran 20:114

"And He found you lost and guided [you]."

- Quran 93:7

"Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear."

- Quran 2:286

"And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good."

- Quran 7:56

"Thankfulness is a blessing from Allah."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The condition of a believer is a wonder, it is all good. Only the believer enjoys this situation. When he enjoys good fortune, he thanks Allah and this benefits him. When he undergoes afflictions, he patiently endures, and this is also good for him."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Gratitude for the abundance you have received is the best insurance that the abundance will continue."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"He who does not thank people, does not thank Allah."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me."

- Quran

"And Allah loves the steadfast."

- Quran

"And be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."

- Quran

"The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And whoever fears Allah – He will make for him a way out."

- Quran

"Oh you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."

- Quran

"And We have certainly created man into hardship."

- Quran

"Do not despair of the mercy of Allah."

- Quran

"Verily, with hardship there is relief."

- Quran

"If the world were a ring, and the Hereafter were a desert, the believers would not take the ring for the desert."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"God does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear."

- Quran

"And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being righteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind."

- Quran

"Whoever kills a person [unjustly]…it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved all mankind."

- Quran

"There is no compulsion in religion. The right path has become distinct from error."

- Quran

"He who performs the Wudu’ perfectly (i.e., according to Sunnah), his sins will depart from his body, even from under his nails."

- Muhammad (PBUH)

"And it is He who spread out the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought."

- Quran 13:3

"Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."

- Ibn Battuta

"Do not tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge."

- Quran 30:22

"Allah is the protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness, He will lead them forth into light."

- Quran 2:257

"And indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves."

- Quran 2:222

"And whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burdens."

- Quran 4:85

"And We have created you in pairs."

- Quran 78:8

"And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect."

- Quran 30:21

"The best of you are those who are best to their wives, and I am the best of you to my wives."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Women are the twin halves of men."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"A believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And indeed, the first house [of worship] established for mankind was that at Makkah – blessed and a guidance for the worlds."

- Quran 3:96

"And whatever you have of favor – it is from Allah. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help."

- Quran 16:53

"Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly."

- Quran 49:9

"The best of you are those who are best to their families."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"So remember Me, I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me."

- Quran

"The best amongst you is the one who pays the rights of others generously."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant."

- Quran

"A kind word is a form of charity."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The most perfect believer in faith is the one who is best in moral character and kindest to his wife."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression."

- Quran

"And do not forget graciousness between you."

- Quran

"Give gifts and you will love one another."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And We have sent you not but as a mercy for all creatures."

- Quran

"Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease."

- Quran

"And when My servants ask you concerning Me, indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me."

- Quran

"The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion."

- Quran

"O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous."

- Quran

"Say: ‘My prayer, my offering, my life and my death are given wholly to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.'"

- Quran

"And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds."

- Quran

"Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing…"

- Quran

"When one of you prays, he is speaking privately to his Lord."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Prayer is the pillar of religion."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The five daily prayers and the Friday Prayer until the Friday Prayer are expiation for what is between them."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Indeed, I am Allah! There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance."

- Quran

"And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]."

- Quran

"A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the one who contains himself when he is angry."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say something good or keep quiet."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Do not wish to be like anyone, except in two cases: (1) A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously. (2) A man whom Allah has given wisdom (knowledge of the Qur’an and the Hadith) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God…Those who when given what is right accept it, when asked for something give freely and who judge in favor of others as they do for themselves."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"If, in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in the timing of the Gift [al-‘ata], let that not be the cause for your despairing. For He has guaranteed you a response in what He chooses for you, not in what you choose for yourself, and at the time He desires, not the time you desire."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"It is difficult to be patient but to waste the rewards of patience is worse."

- Hz Abu-Bakr as-Siddique (RA)

"That which is lawful is clear, and that which is unlawful is also quite clear. Between these two is that which is ambiguous, which most people do not know. One who avoids the doubtful safeguards his faith and his honor."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"Make your character good for the people."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: 'Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to people.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"your own excess, do not despair of God’s mercy. God forgives all sins: He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful."

- Quran 39:53

"If God knows of any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: God is forgiving and merciful."

- Quran 8:70

"People who repent and do good deeds truly return to God."

- Quran 25:71

"Except those who repent, believe, and do good deeds: God will change the evil deeds of such people into good ones. He is most forgiving, most merciful."

- Quran 25:70

"But God only undertakes to accept repentance from those who do evil out of ignorance and soon afterwards repent: these are the ones God will forgive, He is all knowing, all wise."

- Quran 4:17

"Yet anyone who does evil or wrongs his own soul and then asks God for forgiveness will find Him most Forgiving and Merciful."

- Quran 4:110

"Whatever misfortune befalls you [people], it is because of what your own hands have done- God forgives much-"

- Quran 42:30

"Yet I am most Forgiving towards those who repent, believe, do righteous deeds, and stay on the right path."

- Quran 20:82

"Do they not know that it is God Himself who accepts repentance from His servants and receives what is given freely for His sake?"

- Quran 9:104

"Peace be upon you. Your Lord has taken it on Himself to be merciful: if any of you has foolishly done a bad deed, and afterwards repented and mended his ways, God is most Forgiving and most Merciful."

- Quran 6:54

"Those who remember God and implore forgiveness for their sins if they do something shameful or wrong themselves- who forgives sins but God?- and who never knowingly persist in doing wrong."

- Quran 3:135

"Whoever is offered an apology from a fellow Muslim should accept it unless he knows that the person apologizing is being dishonest."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"Be patient (in adversity); for, verily, God will not let the reward of the righteous be wasted."

- The Holy Quran, Chapter 11, Verse 115

"Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it. Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"God is kind and likes kindness in all things."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'There is reward for kindness to every living thing.'"

- Bukhari and Muslim

"O Allah! You blessed me with Islam and I didn’t ask You for it, O Allah bless me with Jannah and I am asking for it."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

"My sin had burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord! Your Forgiveness came out greater."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'God is kind and likes kindness in all things.'"

- Rihadh us-Saleheen, Volume 1:633

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Do not be people without minds of your own, saying that if others treat you well you will treat them well and that if they do wrong you will do wrong.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"A truthful and trustworthy merchant is associated with the prophets."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"O ye who believe! Do not squander one another’s wealth in vanities, but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good will."

- The Holy Quran, 4:29

"The most perfect in faith amongst believers is he who is best in manners and kindest to his wife."

- Muhammad (p) cited in Sunnan Abu Dawud

"And if Allah touches you with affliction, none can remove it but He: But if He bestows upon you a favor, remember that He is the Possessor of every power to do all that He wills."

- The Holy Quran

"And among His signs is this: that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest and peace of mind in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Certainly, herein indeed are signs for people who reflect."

- The Qur’an in Ar Rum, Chapter 30, verse 21

"You will not attain righteousness till you spend in charity of the things you love."

- The Qur’an

"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Make things easy and convenient and don’t make them harsh and difficult.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'They are the losers, those who make the religion hard and tough.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'The best of all dealings is the one which is moderate.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The Prophet (s) said, 'Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They comprise every obscure unimportant humble person.'"

- Narrated by Haritha Bin Wahb, in Sahih Al Bukhari, vol 8 hadith 97

"The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: '(God) has revealed to me that you should adopt humility so that no one oppresses another.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"The (true) servants of (God) the Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, reply with (words of) peace."

- The Holy Quran

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"Do not be fooled by the one who recites the Quran. His recitation is but speech, but look to those who act according to it."

- Hz Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burdens.'"

- The Holy Quran, Chapter 4, Verse 85

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Make things easy and convenient and don’t make them harsh and difficult. Give cheer and glad tidings and do not create hatred.'"

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The actions which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved most were those which were done most constantly."

- Narrated by A’isha (ra) in Al-Muwatta, vol 9, number 92b

"Fulfil any pledge you make in God’s name and do not break oaths after you have sworn them, for you have made God your surety: God knows everything you do."

- Quran 16:91

"And speak to people good words."

- Quran 2:83

"We shall lodge those who believed and did good deeds in lofty dwellings, in the Garden graced with flowing streams, there to remain. How excellent is the reward of those who labour."

- Quran 29:58

"And so God gave them both the rewards of this world and the excellent rewards of the Hereafter: God loves those who do good."

- Quran 3:148

"Be steadfast: God does not let the rewards of those who do good go to waste."

- Quran 11:115

"So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it."

- Quran 99:7

"Who believe in God and the Last Day, who order what is right and forbid what is wrong, who are quick to do good deeds. These people are among the righteous."

- Quran 3:114

"Patience is a pillar of faith."

- Hz Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA)

"Stick to the Truth, even if the Truth kills you."

- Hz Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA)

"A moment of patience in the moment of anger prevents thousands of moments of regret."

- Hz Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)

"Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

"Keep up the prayer and pay the prescribed alms. Whatever good you store up for yourselves, you will find it with God: He sees everything you do."

- Quran 2:110

"It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"For God is with those who are mindful of Him and who do good."

- Quran 16:128

"The one who is truly enslaved is the one who is a slave of his desires."

- Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (RA)

"He who thinks that he is free from the criticism of people is a mad man, for even the Lord of the Worlds Himself has been wrongfully criticized."

- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)

"Sins destroy the heart the same way poison destroys the body."

- Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (RA)

"Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety. It is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly."

- Hz Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)

"Worrying about the world is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about the Hereafter is a light in the heart."

- Hz Uthman ibn Affan (RA)

"Your charity will not be accepted until you believe: 'I need the reward more than the beggar needs the money.'"

- Hz Uthman ibn Affan (RA)

"The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble."

- Hz Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)

"Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in the dark!"

- Imam Ibn Taymiyyah (RA)

"People are paying no attention to the best act of worship: Humility."

- Hz Aisha bint Abu-Bakr (RA)

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Knock. And He’ll open the door.'"

- Rumi

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;... Forgive them anyway.'"

- Kent M. Keith and Mother Theresa

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'When the allurement of this life comes to a person, he borrows the good manners of others. however, when it goes away from him, it strips his good manners from him.'"

- Ali (r) as cited in the Book of Wisdom by Ahmad Sakr

"God does not burden any soul with more than it can bear."

- Quran 2:286

"Do not lose heart or despair- if you are true believers you have the upper hand-"

- Quran 3:139

"So truly where there is hardship there is also ease;"

- Quran 94:5

"My mercy encompasses all things"

- Quran

"He knows what is in every heart."

- Quran 67:13

"You who believe, seek help through steadfastness and prayer, for God is with the steadfast."

- Quran 2:153

"Do you suppose that you will enter the Garden without first having suffered like those before you? They were afflicted by misfortune and hardship, and they were so shaken that even [their] messenger and the believers with him cried, ‘When will God’s help arrive?’ Truly, God’s help is near."

- Quran 2:214

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Become nothing. And He’ll turn you into everything.'"

- Rumi

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Fall. And He’ll raise you to the heavens.'"

- Rumi

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Vanish. And He’ll make you shine like the sun.'"

- Rumi

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter.'"

- Rumi

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."

- Muhammad Ali

"When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which otherwise would have been accomplished."

- Muhammad Ali

"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'When He opens for you a way of getting to know Him, do not mind if the quantity of your actions lessen in its presence.'"

- Al Hikam of Ibn Ata Allah

"Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection."

"Be not sad, surely Allah is with us."

"O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful."

"If you don’t stand up for something, you’ll fall for anything."

"Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves."

"And whoever fears Allah – He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah – then He is sufficient for him…"

"The dua on your tongue tells about the love in your secret."

"Tears are prayer too, they travel to ALLAH when we can’t speak."

"When your heart is hurting… ‘PRAY’"

"ALLAH is never late. Have Patience. Have Faith."

"ALLAH knows and that’s enough for me."

"The best beauty, is beautiful manners."

"Jannah is full of sinners who repent."

"OH ALLAH, Fix my heart."

"ALLAH knows everything."

"Don’t be sad ALLAH is with you."

"At the end you will come to realize that it is only ALLAH who kept his promise."

"When love of this world enters the heart, the fear of the Hereafter exits from it."

"ALLAH is enough."

"Knowledge is not what is memorized. Knowledge is what benefits."

"Knowledge is the life of the mind."

"Truth lifts the heart like water refreshes thirst."

"The world is but a moment, so make it a moment of obedience."

"Nothing in this world is permanent."