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 MOGAHEDThe body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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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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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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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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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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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who’ve hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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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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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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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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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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