The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThis life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAs a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYour beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
YASMIN MOGAHEDTell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIt is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
YASMIN MOGAHEDI’m not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLeaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDo your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
YASMIN MOGAHEDSeek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
YASMIN MOGAHEDThat data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.
YASMIN MOGAHEDHope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThere’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us.
YASMIN MOGAHED