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 MOGAHEDWhen 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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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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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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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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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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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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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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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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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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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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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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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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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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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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