The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
YASMIN MOGAHEDTry 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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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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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak’at.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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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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Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
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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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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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