Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it’s mark on our heart’s sky.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYou’ve been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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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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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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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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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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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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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?
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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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