Prophet Muhammad Quotes (269 Quotes)


    A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the good which thou hast performed and thou be grieved for the evil which thou hast committed, thou art a true believer.' The man said. 'In what doth a fault really consist' Muhammad said, 'when action pricketh thy conscience, forsake it.'

    The acquisition of knowledge is a duty incumbent on every Muslim, male and female.

    The strong man is not the good wrestler the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.


    Almsgiving is duty unto you. Alms should be taken from the rich and returned to the poor.


    Verily God instructs me to be humble and lowly and not proud and that no one should oppress another.

    A Muslim who mixeth with people and beareth inconveniences, is better than one who doth not mix with them and beareth no inconveniences.

    God saith, 'O Man Only follow thou My laws, and thou shall become like unto Me, and then say, 'Be' and behold, It is.'




    When the Messenger of God entered a place of worship he said, 'O God Pardon my sins, and open for me the gates of Thy compassion,' and on leaving he would repeat the same.

    They will enter the Garden of Bliss who have a true, pure, and merciful heart.

    Paradise is not for him who reproacheth others with any favor he doth to them.

    Verily you have two qualities which God and His Messenger love - fortitude and gentleness.

    The one who would have the worst position in God's sight on the Day of Resurrection would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning.

    The best of good acts in God's sight is that which is constantly attended to although in a small degree.

    Whoever hath been given gentleness, hath been given a good portion in this world and the next.

    Hell is veiled in delights, and Heaven in hardships and miseries.

    Verily my heart is veiled with melancholy and sadness for my followers and verily I ask pardon of God one hundred times daily.

    This life is but a tillage for the next, do good that you may reap there for striving is the ordinance of God and whatever God hath ordained can only be attained by striving.

    If you put your whole trust in God, as you ought, He most certainly will give you sustenance, as He doth the birds they come out hungry in the morning, but return full to their nests.

    When a man makes a loan to another, he must not accept a present.

    Muhammad said, 'O Wabisah are you come to ask what is goodness and what is badness' Wabisah said, 'Yes, I am come for that.' Then He joined his fingers and struck them upon Wabisah's breast, that is made a sign towards his heart, and said, 'Ask the question from thine own heart.' This he repeated three times aloud and said, 'Goodness is a thing from which thy heart findeth firmness and rest and badness is a thing which throweth thee into doubt, although men may acquit thee.'

    Verily, god is mild, and is fond of mildness, and he giveth to the mild what he doth not to the harsh.

    Muhammad once said to Anas, 'Son, if you are able, keep your heart from morning till night and from night till morning, free from malice towards anyone' then he said, 'Oh my son, this is one of my laws, and he who loveth my laws verily loveth me.'

    Beware verily there is a piece of flesh in the body of man, which when good, the whole body is good and when bad, the whold body is bad, and that is the heart.

    Whoso is able and fit and doth not work for himself, or for others, God is not gracious to him.

    He is not a perfect man of fortitude, who hath not fallen into misfortunes and there is no physician but the experienced.

    The other messengers of God had their miracles, mine is the Kuran and will remain forever.

    He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger.

    Be in the world like a traveller, or like a passer on, and reckon yourself as of the dead.

    One learned man is harder on the devil than a thousand ignorant worshippers.

    Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two works better than those.

    God hath not created anything better than Reason, or anything more perfect, or more beautiful than Reason the benefits which God giveth are on its account and understanding is by it, and God's wrath is caused by disregard of it.

    Verily, a man hath performed prayers, fasts, charity, pilgrimage and all other good works but he will not be rewarded except by the proportion of his understanding.

    I am no more than man when I order you anything respecting religion, receive it and when I order you anything about the affairs of the world, then I am nothing more than man.

    It is not a sixth or a tenth of a man's devotion which is acceptable to God, but only such portions thereof as he offereth with understanding and true devotional spirit.

    When he dies, people will say, 'What property has he left behind him' But the angels will ask, 'What good deeds has he sent before him'

    God hath treasuries beneath the Throne, the keys whereof are the tongues of poets.

    The Kuran was sent down in seven dialects and in every one of its sentences, there is an external and internal meaning.


    He who does a good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings, and I God shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an equivalent reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws the length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall draw the length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking I shall come to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of the size of the earth, but has not associated anything with Me, I shall meet him a similar amount of forgiveness.

    Verily the best of God's servants are just and learned kings and verily the worst are bad and ignorant kings.

    Muhammad used to say after making the profession of faith, 'O Lord I supplicate Thee for firmness in faith, and inclination towards the straight path, and for Thine aid in being grateful to Thee, and in adoring Thee in every good way and I supplicate Thee for an innocent heart which shall not incline to wickednes and for a true tongue. I supplicate Thee to guide me to all which Thou knowest to be virtuous and to preserve me from all which Thou knowest to be vicious. I supplicate Thee to forgive me my faults for Thou knowest them all.

    The rights of women are sacred. See that women are maintained in the rights assigned to them.

    When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good otherwise he should lie down.


    To gladden the heart of the weary, to remove the suffering of the afflicted, hath its own reward. In the day of trouble, the memory of the action cometh like a rush of the torrent, and taketh our burden away.



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