We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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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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The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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If you wonder how you’ll get through this new heartbreak, just think back. Remember all you’ve been through in the past. And how each time you swore, you’d never get through it. But you did. And look where you’re at now. This too shall pass!
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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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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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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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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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Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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