Uthman Quotes

576–656

Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان‎, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; 576 – 17 June 656), also spelled by the Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the third of the Rashidun, or "Rightly Guided Caliphs". Born into a prominent Meccan clan, Banu Umayya of the Quraysh tribe, he played a major role in early Islamic history, and is known for having ordered the compilation of the standard version of the Quran.

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Concern with this world is darkness in the heart, but concern with the Hereafter is light in the heart.

It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.

No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue.

No one does a good deed but Allah will make it show on him.

Things may be achieved by means of authority that cannot be achieved by means of the Quran.

If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord.

O people, the first day is difficult but if I live I shall deliver a proper speech.

Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. No believer should subject himself to humiliation, for I will be with the weak against the strong so long as he has been wronged, Insha'Allah

Everything has something to undermine it, and every blessing has something to diminish it. The thing that undermines this religion and diminishes this blessing is those who criticize a great deal and those who stab in the back; they show you what you want to see and they conceal that which you dislike. They are wicked like ostiches.