Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYa Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most:
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When 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.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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I 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.
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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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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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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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I’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.
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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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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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