Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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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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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more.
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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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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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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 tell you to keep going, not because it’s easy. Not because it doesn’t hurt. I tell you to keep going because there’s no other way. To stop is to die.
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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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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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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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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If you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
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