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To the extent that in one's act of faith one participates in the truth through reason and heart, faith already implies a particular level of knowledge and of certainty. ↗

— Osman Bakar

#philosophy #faith

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports. He cared not for the dressings of power. The simplicity of his private life was in keeping with his public life." ↗

— R. Bosworth Smith

#islam #religion #truth #life

The life of Islamic philosophy did not terminate with Ibn Rushd nearly eight hundred years ago, as thought by Western scholarship for several centuries. Rather, its activities continued strongly during the later centuries, particularly in Persia and other eastern lands of Islam, and it was revived in Egypt during the last century. ↗

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

#islamic #persia #philosophy #life

Umar ibn Abdil-’Aziz (rahimahullah) said: “Become a scholar if you are able. If you are not able, then be a student. If you can not, then show love for them. If you are unable to do that, then (at least) do not hate them. ↗

— Umar ibn Abdil-’Aziz

#love

Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor. ↗

— Ramsey Clark

#islam #kindness #love #peace #religion

لا فرق بين عربي و لا أعجمي و لا أبيض ولا أسود إلا بالتقوى There is no difference between the black, white, the Arab, the non-Arab except by the level of piety. ↗

— Prophet Muhammad

#black-people #islam #islamic-quotes #love #peace

Ibn Mas'ud said, "When 'Umar died nine-tenth of all knowledge vanished with him." The people were shocked and said, "How can this be when among us now are still many of the great companions?" Ibn Mas'ud replied,"I am not speaking of the knowledge of fiqh and the science of judgements, I'm speaking about the knowledge of Allah." This struggle of isolation, hunger, sleeplessness, weeping, fear and endless service to men was for this end. The journey is only for knowledge of Allah and the whole of it lies in detachment from everything that passes away. First from what is displeasing to Allah, then from one's self-illusion and desires, and then from all men and all otherness until there is only isolation and extreme nearness to Allah. ↗

— Khalid Muhammad Khalid

#inspirational #islam #sahabah #umar-ibn-al-khattab #inspirational

If you ask Muslim women why they cover up, ninety-nine percent of them will say it's to avoid arousing men. Fuck that, where's your self-accountability? ↗

— Michael Muhammad Knight

#feminist #hijab #islam #islamic-feminism #niqab

Facing a deteriorating economy and a weakening hold over the populace, the Iraqi state under Saddam Hussein opted to revitalize tribal leaders and conservative practices as a means of stabilizing state power; those conservative practices were not an inherent feature of a predominantly Muslim country. ↗

— Nadje Al-Ali

#foreign-policy #government #iraq #iraqi-state #islam

Fear no one except the One. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#fear-of-god #god #insprirational #islam #motivational