This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
YASMIN MOGAHEDArrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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When 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.
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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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If you want to know what’s Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.
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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who’ve hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
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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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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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Try to fill your mind and heart with Allah as much as you can throughout your day. Talk to Him, make duaa to Him constantly. This will build your personal relationship with Him. Then, going to salah will be like coming home to an old friend.
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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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