We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
YASMIN MOGAHEDHawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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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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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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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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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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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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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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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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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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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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