The White Pigeon Quotes

“While I think it’s wrong to have too many expectations from your future spouse, it’s equally unfair to dismiss a girl’s fundamental choices concerning the man she wants to marry.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Weddings were such bittersweet occasions; they made you shed tears of joy mixed with sorrow, old relationships strengthened while new ties were established.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Never for a moment think
The Creator of the creation
Is unaware of secrets of your heart
And its deep rooted aspiration

What you seek isn’t unattainable
Free the doubts that leave you terrified
For your Lord will soon give you
And you will be satisfied

The happiness you seek
Is not to be missed
One day you will find
The heart that contains your rizq

Sunshine will replace gloomy clouds
You’ll smile your purest smiles
Everything you touch will turn into gold
You’ll walk blissful journeys covering miles

When the time is right
No man can stop the decree from passing
So live through the pages of autumn
For soon you’ll reach a new chapter of spring

Barren lands will blossom flowers
Broken hearts will be cured
Roaring storms will turn gentle again
You’ll earn the reward of what you endured.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“How beautiful are two strangers who had to lose each other to find their Rabb, and how Generous is their Rabb who led them to each other after they found Him.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“You won’t always wake up dreading the day ahead. There will come a time when the darkness within your chest will be replaced by the sunshine of a hopeful morning, the missing steps will align to guide you to a journey worth treading, your hands won’t be empty forever. The blessings you’ve yearned for will fill the empty spaces between your fingers, and the warmth of the love you’ve been seeking will melt the coldness of the trials you’ve endured. Old wounds will heal, and the scars will remind you of the Greatness of your Lord. They will serve as a map to lead you to Him every time you lose your way. You will find your blessings, and your blessings will find you, and you’ll come together, not as two halves becoming whole, but as gentle showers kiss the fertile earth to blossom flowers.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Two guests treading the world solitarily had found a home in one another, a safe haven, a tranquil residence whose foundation was laid on faith, pillars built with respect, and the bricks cemented in love for each other, and the Rabb that brought them together.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“I hope the blissful days of togetherness ahead blur the sorrow of the time we spent apart,”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“When Allah said He was Generous, you couldn’t fathom the degree of His Generosity. The richness of His miracles was beyond the scope of a human’s mind. The most man could do was to trust His Lord, and let the One Who Owned you to take care of you and your affairs.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Allah was Generous and in such moments she comprehended a fraction of the vastness of His Generosity. Of how the Lord who was shy to return hands empty was so bountiful in His blessings that when He finally conferred His gifts upon you, it would leave you ashamed for ever doubting His might to replace your sorrows with joys.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“She let the winds swirl her in the sweetness of dreams that Allah had turned into reality, an answer to a prayer uttered on lonely days and forlorn nights.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“What better than a test that helps you discover your Rabb!”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“I no more fear the uncertainty of the future. Allah pulled me out of my darkest moments and replaced them with better days, He can set right all affairs. I’ve learnt to stay patient in my hardships and be grateful for my blessings, praising Him all along. It is better to break and heal than to remain whole and stay alien to the strength within you.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“The ones who hope from their Rabb always have happy endings. Even if the journey to the destination shatters you in the process, one day, with His help, you will reach it, and you’ll be whole again.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“she had respected him before, and she treasured him now. Love did not change under circumstances.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“And my heart accepted him in the home it had tenderly built for its visitor.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Serene. There was a sense of calmness, like even the winds had been instructed to turn gentle when we met.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“She had once tenderly sowed seeds and attempted to water her patch of land, but despite numerous efforts, they never bloomed into flowers. However, when she least expected, Allah sent the right amount of sunshine and rain, blossoming the most beautiful garden.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“You got to do what you think is right for yourself while respecting the boundaries of Islam.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, is one of my favourites from among the prophet’s ﷺ companions. He was once a disbeliever, but when he recognized Allah, he turned his life around. His humility and bravery is beyond inspiring, he’s the prime example that a terrible past does not have to come in the way of a beautiful future.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Saika wanted to trek the mountain with a righteous companion, but she had prayed for a gem, one that would meet her at the summit. For there were more mountains to climb ahead, and dreams to conquer together, but before that, both needed to become the person the other prayed for, so their story of union could become a tale of love written in gold.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“We’ve all been through stuff that has shaped us into the people we are today. No point judging each other when all of us are the same sinners with different offences, hoping for mercy from Allah”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“People deserve to be seen for what they are, not what they were.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“My past helped me become the person I am today, but it doesn’t define me.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“When we speak of the tests Prophets were put through, we must also remember when their reward came, it was in leaps and bounds. This helps regain balance. Personally, this thought helped me evolve. When I remind myself that this life is a test, it’s not in a hopeless form where I’m doomed, but it is to look at it positively. Allah promised that with every hardship is ease, He repeated this twice. Ever since I read the hadith thatb - on the day of judgment the people who were not tested in this dunya will wish their skins were cut up when they see the rewards for those who were tested - I stopped viewing my trials as rivals against me, and began considering them as opportunities for me.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“A reader is a writer’s story.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“If readers recognize the ache in the writer’s words, it’s probably because they conceal a similar soreness within.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“What were looks, except the attractiveness of your innate character, and what was beauty if not lying in the eyes of the beholder.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Some things in life must be chased and found, while others are meant to find you. No hunt will lead you to it, for Allah has set a time for when it’s destined to reach you.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“If you kick all that life offers, it won’t be kind enough to serve it the second time after you realize your loss. Good things rarely happen twice.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Sometimes relief isn’t meant to reach you when you’re frantically searching for light in the tunnel. You’re instead meant to find peace in the darkness of the intense night, learn to enjoy the stars and become so comfortable with God’s plan that when the sun finally rises, the splendour catches you off guard.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon