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 MOGAHEDMy Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Ignoring a Reality doesn’t make it less Real. It’s still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn’t stop it from happening.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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This world isn’t perfect. That means it isn’t perfectly good; but it isn’t perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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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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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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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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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow.
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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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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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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you… And there are others who will understand – without you even speaking a word.
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