Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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When we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us.
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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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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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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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I know you feel worn and tired. I know you’re tired of failing. Rest, but don’t stop. You can do this. You got this. Not because you’re strong, but because He’s your strength.
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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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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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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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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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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