Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Quotes & Sayings

An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in beautiful bright colors: crimson, pink, turquoise, purple, and embroidered with sparkling crystals, sequins and beads ... The older girls and women would wear glamorous heavily-beaded silk blouses and long, princess-like skirts. I wanted to wear those fairy-tale clothes too. I longed even more to wear a sari which the women wore so elegantly and which flattered their curves. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Aren't the stars beautiful? Thousands of them twinkling so far from us, yet so near. Who knows what it's like in the universe where they are? ... I can't breathe when I look at them. I bet somewhere out there we could understand what life is really about, and find a way to bring a bit more meaning into this world. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

It is Love that transforms it from black and white, to breathtaking, beautiful inspiring colors — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

You can only ever be complete when you've seen yourself, through someone else's eyes — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

I'm thinking about the discrepancies between what people say is Islam and what Islam actually is! — 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. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

I refused to change the way I practiced my faith or to let fear stop me from carrying out what I believed in. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

It all comes with time and patience — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

How can one who's in love pretend not to be in love? — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Chemistry could sparkle in z most surprising places and between z most unlikely people. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Poetry is designed to inspire love, and islam is about falling in love with the creator of the universe. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Human beings like to twist things to meet their own selfish needs. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

The experiences would be richer and more meaningful if I had someone to share them with — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

You have to know where you've come from to know where you are going — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

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

love can blind you to their imperfections. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

His smile can lift me out of even the darkest mood — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Don't just hope it happens you have to make it happen — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Islam has rules. Once they are part of your life, you dont notice them anymore. — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

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 — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed