Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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This world isn’t perfect. That means it isn’t perfectly good; but it isn’t perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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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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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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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.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn’t come from the people. It comes from God.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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Break in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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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 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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