If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDo not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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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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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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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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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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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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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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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
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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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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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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.
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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