In The Early Hours Quotes

“Whoever allows the world to become his biggest concern has nothing to do with Allah, and Allah will instil four qualities into his heart: anxiety which will never leave him, business which he will never be free from; poverty which he will never rid himself of, and hope which he will never fulfil. (Tabarani.) Additionally,”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“Have I heard right that you fast everyday and stand in prayer all night?’ Abdullah replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of God.’ The Prophet said, ‘Do not do that. Fast, as well as eat and drink. Stand in prayer, as well as sleep. For your body has a right upon you, your eyes have a right upon you, your wife has a right upon you, and your guest has a right upon you.’ (Bukhari, Muslim.)”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“While improvement in your habits and actions is a life-long process, the desire to achieve it can thus be sparked in a moment.”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections On Spiritual and Self Development

“While improvement in your habits and actions is a life-long process, the desire to achieve it can thus
be sparked in a moment.”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections On Spiritual and Self Development

“If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God, he has only to look at what place he gives to God [in his heart and life]. (Hakim.)”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“I treat My servant as he hopes that I would treat him. I am with him whenever he remembers Me: if he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My ‘heart’; if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering far better than that gathering; if he draws near to Me a hand’s span, I draw near to him an arm’s length; if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running. (Bukhari, Muslim.)”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“When you spend for the cause of Islam, Allah adopts another manner of asking for it: Who is there who will give a loan to Me? [al-Hadid 57: II.] Just imagine His generosity. It is His wealth, it belongs to Him. Even if He asks us for it without offering any reward, He will be justified in doing so but yet He is prepared to buy back His own property so that you may again reap its benefits and gain a noble reward. Consider”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“A generous person is close to Allah, close to Paradise, close to people, and far from Hell. However, a miserly person is far from Allah, far from Paradise, far from people, but close to Hell. Allah loves more an ignorant man who is generous than a worshipper who is miserly. (Tirmidhi.) We”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“The Prophet Muhammad has said: ‘Whoever Allah wishes good for, He bestows upon him a deep understanding of the Din.’ (Bukhari, Muslim.)”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“The Prophet said that when a person performs Salat, he actually comes nearer to Allah and talks to Him. If you look at how you pray five times a day, you will have a barometer in your hand to find out how much you love Allah. Once”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“The Quran explains: Whosoever holds on to Allah, he has already been guided onto a Straight Way. [Al Imran 3: 101.] CHARACTERISTICS”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“Tilawa or recitation is an act in which your whole person – soul, heart, mind, tongue and body – should participate. Thus, to recite the Quran, as it deserves to be recited, is not a light task; but neither is it impossible nor difficult. Otherwise, the Quran could not have been meant for everyone; nor could it be the mercy and the guidance that it surely is.”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“Dhikr must not only be felt by the heart and uttered with the tongue, but must also effect amal salih or good deeds. Significantly, Ibn al-Qayyim suggests that dhikr encompasses ‘any and every particular moment when you are thinking, saying or doing things which Allah likes’. Hence,”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“Islam does not subscribe to the type of asceticism where we purify our hearts and yet remain immersed in political, economic or social corruption. Tazkiya must encompass our entire life – the privacy of our thoughts as well as their social manifestations in our daily life. Everything must be in conformity with Allah’s will.”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“Your company also includes your mental and psychological company – the ideas you entertain, the ambitions you nurture, the sensitivities and sensibilities you develop and the books you read. All of these represent a form of company because they are your companions in solitude.”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development

“If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God, he has only to look at what place he gives to God [in his heart and life].”
― Khurram Murad, In The Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development