Don’t worry about what the people say. Sometimes they’ll praise you. Sometimes they’ll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBefore anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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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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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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My 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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Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
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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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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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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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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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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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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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