If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
YASMIN MOGAHEDSome hearts understand each other, even in silence.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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Do 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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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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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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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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I’m not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes.
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When you suffer, don’t speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don’t stop.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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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.
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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The 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.
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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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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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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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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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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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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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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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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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