Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYou can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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If you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
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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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If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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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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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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You’ve been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
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Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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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.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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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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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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