Sarah Mehmood > Quotes

“While I think it’s wrong to have too many expectations from your future spouse, it’s equally unfair to dismiss a girl’s fundamental choices concerning the man she wants to marry.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Weddings were such bittersweet occasions; they made you shed tears of joy mixed with sorrow, old relationships strengthened while new ties were established.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Say kun to my prayers, Ya Allah. Bring about better days in our life. It is in You I place my trust and it is You Who I hope from.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“if Allah has fated for two people to meet, no man can stop His decision from passing.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Desi people were quite expert in their detective skills, and within two days, they had collected enough information.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“She submitted to Allah’s will, aware that if Allah thought it wasn’t time yet, she had to trust Him for it came from the Owner of time.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“In the depths of pain that I thought I’d never overcome, I found my Lord, and I know He will take care of me. He always does, for He is The Mighty, The Compassionate. This world, its possessions, and its people are all variables. But Allah, He is the only constant. Everything else is a want, He’s The Only One you need.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“I learnt the art of letting go from my baby nephew. He exerts the entire energy in his tiny being to crawl after something that can hurt him, but when we distract him with a better alternative, he doesn’t chase it anymore, content with the new replacement. I hope all of us can learn to give up on what threatens to break us, snap the strings of attachment and trust Allah to replace the best we thought for ourselves with the better He’s planned for us.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Beyond the glimmer of this world, I think the most precious asset is a kind heart.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“He was keen on getting married, finding a righteous partner, but he refused to blindly get into something that didn’t match his criteria.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“I hope you’re pleased with me Allah, he whispered, for it was only His Lord Who recognized the veiled story behind the light people admired. It was built on the ashes he’d once been burnt down to.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“In the end, you learn both the odds and evens work out in your favour to lead you to your destination. The wrong paths eventually lead to the right ones, and you’re meant to tread all the lanes Allah has drawn in your journey,”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Allah is your Protector, Hamood, and with him is forgiveness for mistakes. Don’t rely on humans. The world that is ungrateful to its very Creator will never fully value anything you do for it.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“But as if her mind protested to her thoughts, she sighted the sky, the enormity reminding her of Allah’s magnificence. She had prayed for such a man at Tahajjud, in the last hour of Friday, at the time of rain and when they’d been for Umrah all those years back. She’d prayed for him with utmost sincerity without letting the wait tire her, especially in those special times when it was recommended to make dua. So how could she doubt Allah when He was finally granting her what she asked for from the past half a decade, or more?”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“How long will you wait for him?”
“Until Allah sends him.”
“And if both of you are never meant to cross paths?”
“Then I’ll wait for a better reward. I am only hoping from Allah.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“This is about me and my Rabb, I’m seeking from Him, and I’ll be content with what He bestows.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“We’ve all been through stuff that has shaped us into the people we are today. No point judging each other when all of us are the same sinners with different offences, hoping for mercy from Allah”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“One day when I meet you
I’ll narrate to you a tale
Of how when I asked if I must let go
I received a sign to sail

I’ll tell you of the dreams I dreamt
And the prayers I prayed
Of how the wait nearly destroyed me
Yet my hope never swayed

The day I meet you
Silence may get the better of me
So I may treat you like a stranger
Trusting you to solve the mystery

But if we’re destined for each other
You’ll eventually get to read me as a book
You’ll discover what helped me go on
Even as demons ascended in every nook

As you recite to me the oceans you crossed I’ll describe to you the castles I built at the shore When you shudder at the mountains you carried
I’ll recount the miles I walked to reach our door.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“You won’t always wake up dreading the day ahead. There will come a time when the darkness within your chest will be replaced by the sunshine of a hopeful morning, the missing steps will align to guide you to a journey worth treading, your hands won’t be empty forever. The blessings you’ve yearned for will fill the empty spaces between your fingers, and the warmth of the love you’ve been seeking will melt the coldness of the trials you’ve endured. Old wounds will heal, and the scars will remind you of the Greatness of your Lord. They will serve as a map to lead you to Him every time you lose your way. You will find your blessings, and your blessings will find you, and you’ll come together, not as two halves becoming whole, but as gentle showers kiss the fertile earth to blossom flowers.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Serene. There was a sense of calmness, like even the winds had been instructed to turn gentle when we met.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“While several people faced post-marriage trauma, she took the encounter as a sign that Allah was making her wait now to give her the best later. Allah had reserved for her the world’s treasure, this patience was only a small test she was being put through. The reward ahead would blur the tedious steps leading to it.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“What was life, if not a flame of hope swinging between flickering and shining its brightest?”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“The road to recovery was long. But she hoped that one day, once she’d covered the daunting path, she could look back without carrying this agony that battered her.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Most of life’s actions are to test our reaction, whether we treat our scars as a map that brings us closer to Allah, or allow them to drift us from Him.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“While marriage is a sunnah, and Islam propagates early marriages to protect us from immorality, society must be more kind and stop pressurising those who haven’t been successful despite trying. You’ve discussed topics including self exploration, and girls these days must be aware of it. Marriage will happen when it has to, but they need to introspect and pursue the talents they’ve been blessed with too. I like how you portrayed marriage as a beautiful part of the journey, and we need to stop treating it like a destination.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“He was certain if Allah had taken away what he thought was best, it was only to replace it with the better He’d planned for him. For there was goodness in every delay, and there was a reward for every misfortune you encountered on life’s curves.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Allah was Generous and in such moments she comprehended a fraction of the vastness of His Generosity. Of how the Lord who was shy to return hands empty was so bountiful in His blessings that when He finally conferred His gifts upon you, it would leave you ashamed for ever doubting His might to replace your sorrows with joys.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Solitary Birds Reach Remarkable Heights.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“What I know is that if Allah put you through a test, He will reward you for it, even if the reward at the moment isn’t apparent. You may feel you lost the best, but wait till Allah recompenses. This would be a minor impediment, a drop in exchange to the oceans of blessings it’ll lead to, in sha Allah.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon

“Itthis is what Allah has chosen, there is goodness in it even if you can’t see it.”
― Sarah Mehmood, The White Pigeon