Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIn dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Don’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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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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In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
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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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Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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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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There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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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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