Ibn Affan Quotes

#1. Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before the worst amongst you are given authority over you and then when even the best of you make dua against them, their duas will not be accepted.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#2. It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#3. If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path

Uthman Ibn Affan

#4. Nothin' taken for granted, just learn from my mistakes.
My will too strong, my spirit's somethin' they can't take.

Slim The Mobster

#5. Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart

Uthman Ibn Affan

#6. The object of education is not merely to enable our children to gain their daily bread and to acquire pleasant means of recreation, but that they should know God and serve Him with earnestness and devotion.

Hermann Adler

#7. Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#8. Ye have to be bold, lad. We're told that ladies want cringing politeness from a gentleman, but what they really want is a bit of forwardness, even carnality. It's exciting for them.

Jennifer Ashley

#9. One of the general considerations about new buildings is that people tend to say that anything new is a monstrosity. And then after a while they either accept them or they go on thinking that they are monstrosities. Reactions vary. This depends to some extent on the quality of the building.

Joseph Rykwert

#10. Had our hearts been pure, we would never tire with the Dhikr of Allaah.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#11. just be what you want to be and you will be happy

David McDuff

#12. If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord

Uthman Ibn Affan

#13. Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.

Chanakya

#14. No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#15. You must have respect for those who tell you the truth about you, no matter how hard it is

Anil Sinha

#16. Three worldly things have been made dear to me: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and reading the Qur'an.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#17. Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#18. Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about akhirah is a light in the heart.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#19. Acquire wisdom from the story of those who have already passed.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#20. If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an).

Uthman Ibn Affan