If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn’t come from the people. It comes from God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDOnce in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
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This world isn’t perfect. That means it isn’t perfectly good; but it isn’t perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
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Don’t worry about what the people say. Sometimes they’ll praise you. Sometimes they’ll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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