Words to Carry

FAITH, INTENTION & INNER LIFE Tazkiyah

إنما الأعمال بالنيات
Actions are only by intentions.

The Prophet

ما زال التغافل من فعل الكرام
Overlooking faults has always been the practice of the noble-hearted.

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī

القلب في سيره إلى الله كطائر، رأسه المحبة، وجناحاه الخوف والرجاء
The heart in its journey to Allah is like a bird: love is its head, and fear and hope are its wings.

Ibn al-Qayyim

KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING & GUIDANCE Jasmine Guide

لن يصلح آخر هذه الأمة إلا بما صلح به أولها
The later generations of this Ummah will not be rectified except by what rectified its earliest generations.

Imām Mālik

قيمة كل امرئ ما يحسنه
The worth of a person is in what they excel at.

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (RA)

العلم ما نفع، ليس ما حُفظ
Knowledge is what benefits, not what is merely memorized.

Imām al-Shāfiʿī

WORSHIP, DHIKR & STILLNESS Jasmine Mist

كان خلقه القرآن
His character was the Qur’an.

Āʾishah (RA)

ما نفع القلب شيء مثل عزلة يدخل بها ميدان فكرة
Nothing benefits the heart more than seclusion that allows it to enter the field of reflection.

Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Sakandarī

ما عالجت شيئًا أشد عليّ من نيتي
I have never struggled with anything more difficult than my intention.

Sufyān al-Thawrī

LIFE, DIGNITY & THE ORDINARY Jasmine & Cardamom

إن الله جميل يحب الجمال
Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.

The Prophet

الناس محتاجون إلى العلم أكثر من حاجتهم إلى الطعام والشراب
People are more in need of knowledge than they are of food and drink.

Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal

ما عالجت شيئًا أشد عليّ من نيتي
I have never struggled with anything more difficult than my intention.

Sufyān al-Thawrī

MEMORY, EXILE & IDENTITY Jasmine Letters

الغربة غربة القلب لا غربة الوطن
True exile is the exile of the heart, not of the homeland.

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (RA)

ماذا يصنع أعدائي بي؟ جنتي وبستاني في صدري
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise and garden are within my heart.

Ibn Taymiyyah

لله طرائق بعدد أنفاس الخلائق
To Allah belong paths as many as the breaths of creation. The paths to Allah are as many as the breaths of creation.

Al-Junayd al-Baghdādī

SERVICE, GIVING & BARAKAH Ramadan & Prosperity

أحب الناس إلى الله أنفعهم للناس
The most beloved people to Allah are those most beneficial to others.

The Prophet

لا تحقرن من المعروف شيئًا
Never belittle any act of goodness.

Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (RA)

إن الليل والنهار يعملان فيك فاعمل فيهما
Night and day work upon you, so work within them.

Umar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

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من أصلح سريرته أصلح الله علانيته
Whoever rectifies their inner self, Allah will rectify their outward life.

(Attributed to early scholars)

الصبر مفتاح الفرج
Patience is the key to relief.
بالنية الصالحة تتحول العادة إلى عبادة
With sincere intention, habits become acts of worship.