You’ve been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThere’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Ignoring a Reality doesn’t make it less Real. It’s still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn’t stop it from happening.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
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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!
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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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Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
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The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.
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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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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
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We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
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Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.
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