The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
YASMIN MOGAHEDMy value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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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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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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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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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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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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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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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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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.
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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