Umar Quotes

What regresses, never progresses.

Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû'ah).

The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.

There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.

If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.

Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.

The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.

Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.

Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.

When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.

Fear him, whom you hate.

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.

Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.

Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.

The wisest among you is he whose sustenance is the fear of Allah.

O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.

If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.

Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.

Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.

The person I like most is the one who points out my defects

Do not overeat; that invites disease.

He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.

When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.

For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.

Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.

Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation.

On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.

Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.

Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.

I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen Allâh’s Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) kiss you, I would never have kissed you.

The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.

Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.

Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?

There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don't like to be advised

Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.

When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.

He who wins through fraud is not a winner.

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.

Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.

Be dignified, honest and truthful.

If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.

He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.

Money cannot help lifting its head.

Stay well away from the enemies of Allâh during their festivals.

Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.

He who does now know evil will fall into it.