My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLook forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Break in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn’t come from the people. It comes from God.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more.
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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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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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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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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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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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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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