20 FAMOUS ISLAMIC QUOTES FROM ANCIENT SCHOLARS

A list of famous islamic quotes from scholars of the past:

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IMAM ALI IBN ABI TALIB

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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

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UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB

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Hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable.

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AL-GHAZALI

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Knowledge without action is wastefulness, and action without knowledge is foolishness.

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AKBAR

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The world is a bridge, pass over it, but do not build your house upon it.

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RUMI

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You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

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IBN MAS’OOD

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The people are like camels, only a few are well-formed.

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IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

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The soul, if left to its desires, is lower than a bug; but if disciplined, it soars above the heavens.

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IMAM ALI

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Your remedy is within you, but you do not sense it. Your sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it.

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HADITH

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When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those who have been given less.

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IBN ARAB

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The true seeker is the one who seeks the Real in everything.

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ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI

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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.

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UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB

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Let not your yesterday ruin your today.

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AVICENNA

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The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

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SHAMS TABRIZI

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The essence of faith is to dissolve the ego and let the Divine light shine through.

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AL-SHAFI'I

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All humans are dead except those who have knowledge. And all those who have knowledge are asleep except those who do good deeds. And all those who do good deeds are deceived except those who are sincere.

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RUMI

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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

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IBN ATA ALLAH AL-ISKANDARI

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Actions are but lifeless forms—their soul is the secret of sincerity within them.  

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IBN KHALDUN

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Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn’t mean that the dead are alive, but the living are dead.

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SAHL AL-TUSTARI

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The sign of sincerity is that you are indifferent to praise and blame.

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AL-FARABI

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The perfect state is that in which the citizens are most happy.