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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.

Yasmin Mogahed

When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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Creation Our Rectify Relationship
Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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Blessing People Two
The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is #‎ eternal .
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Body Neglect Soul
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Ocean Prayer Remembrance
This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
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Changing Ever Fading Unmoving
Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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Breaks Heal Heart
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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Changing Growth Hurt Life
The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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Bring Close Every Hardship
We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
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Asking Everything Listening Question Sign Speak
Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Fall Sometimes Transformation
The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.
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Distraction Excruciating Moment Victim
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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Choice Gives Hands Multiple Simple
We will be asked, “what did you love most in this world? What did you spend life doing? What did you run after? Will it last? The things that you chased, will they last? Will they help you, or will they hurt you when the illusion of this life has passed?”
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Hurt Islamic Last Running Spend
Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow.
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Beautiful Breathtakingly Feel Sadness
Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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Levels Strength Test
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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Chains Go Letting World

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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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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