15 Quotes by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

In this modern day, when only what we see is allowed to have certainity, and when scientific data seems to hold the trump card for truth, when only what can be measured exists, love defies all these strictures and dances joyfully before the eyes of human beings, teasing them with the promise of the unknown.

His smile can lift me out of even the darkest mood.

Don’t just hope it happens you have to make it happen.

How can one who’s in love pretend not to be in love?

Don’t look for wealth and beauty as these will last only a short time, and then you’ll be left with nothing. Look for piety and faith and you’ll get everything including wealth and beauty with it.

I’m thinking about the discrepancies between what people say is Islam and what Islam actually is!

Time rarely changed someone’s response to a critical issue.

Seeing is not with the eyes, but the heart. That is why love underpinned all our experiences.

Weren’t human being full of surprises?