Zakira Iskandar Quotes

Tell me, why do you hunt?"
"For my people. To feed them." Zafira said.
"No one can be that pure. ~ Hafsah Faizal

If all else fails, we then factor (fall) into our equation. And pray hard, someone factors (catching us) into theirs. ~ Noor Iskandar

...and he laughed a laugh she loved more than the warmest of fires on the coldest of nights. ~ Hafsah Faizal

I'm not telling you to be quiet. I'm just saying that if you speak a little softer, we both might just hear what peace sounds like. ~ Noor Iskandar

It's nobody's fault that our hearts work in their little strange ways. It's nobody's fault that we fall for one another. It's nobody's fault that we can't have the love we yearn. It's nobody's fault that we never learn. So, save your apology, my dear. Save it for later days. Save it for better days. ~ Noor Iskandar

There's no elevator to be success, take a stairs. ~ Iskandar Amirul Asri

Carve your own adventure, bloom your own romance, thread your own signs ~ Noor Iskandar

The beauty that withstands all. Stubborn in the harshest of atmospheres. ~ Hafsah Faizal

But eyes couldn't stay closed forever, unless one was dead. And the dead never dreamed. ~ Hafsah Faizal

Just last week I was telling a dear friend how I'd rather not exist in a world where toxic thrives. There are so much enmity plaguing this creed, how we hurt others because we think our idea of faith is supreme, how our interpretation of knowledge is above theirs, how every little whisper we turn into a howl. We forget that only He knows. Our existence are but mysteries; who are we to scar, to burn, to leave marks, to solve this enigma for others, to play God.

The Friday prayer sermon just this afternoon, spoke to me in such illuminating affirmations. Knowledge, especially in faith, is akin to Light. Light binds, not divides. We seek light not out of fear of the darkness but at a promise to gain clarity. This is our intimate journey, how we move towards that Light is ours to make. Like a blind man, like moths at night, a child yearning, just do not stand in their paths, my friend. Your forehead kisses the same Earth like they do, your knees bend the same curve, and each night, your spine collapses just the same. Do not be the lips that question an arm sleeved with tattoos or hair uncovered by cloth or sins not yours, instead be lips that observes silence, kindness and always, prayers for all. I hope your heart does not make space for words like "Kafir", "infidel", "shirk" and instead be a room with gardens and an ocean of calmness. Even our Beloved won't be a judge for another being; Let God

You seek knowledge not to draw boundaries between yourself and ~ Noor Iskandar