Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
YASMIN MOGAHEDI tell you to keep going, not because it’s easy. Not because it doesn’t hurt. I tell you to keep going because there’s no other way. To stop is to die.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow.
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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That 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.
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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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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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We will be asked, “what did you love most in this world? What did you spend life doing? What did you run after? Will it last? The things that you chased, will they last? Will they help you, or will they hurt you when the illusion of this life has passed?”
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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