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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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 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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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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There’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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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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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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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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 there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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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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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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My pain will die. My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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