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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
-
-
When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
YASMIN MOGAHED -
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.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
YASMIN MOGAHED -
It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
That data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
YASMIN MOGAHED






