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YASMIN MOGAHEDThe pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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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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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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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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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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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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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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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to 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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We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
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