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:
YASMIN MOGAHEDTawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?
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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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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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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.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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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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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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