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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
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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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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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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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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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The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream
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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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
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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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Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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