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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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When we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
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Bigger Hard Hired Picture replace
That data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.
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Data Herat Later Look Prayer
Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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Deeds Forgiving God Hope Sin
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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Pain Running Strong
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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Give Up Islamic Prayer
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
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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God Hope Men Problem Thinking
As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
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Fashion God Hope Lying Men
Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Attached Moments Pass
If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Expectations Recipes Unhappiness
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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Direction Heart One Running
Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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God Love People Sake
The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
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Apologizing Be Biggest Forgiving Kind Virtue
Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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Breaks Heal Heart
Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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Caring Helping Wall
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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Fall Hurt Mean Resilence
Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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God Inspirational Religious
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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Inspirational Life Love Sometimes
We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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People Truthfulness Two
Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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Fall Succeeds Taken Thinking
Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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Believe People Punishment
If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Breaking Giving Heart Want
Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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Heart Light Pain
Try to fill your mind and heart with Allah as much as you can throughout your day. Talk to Him, make duaa to Him constantly. This will build your personal relationship with Him. Then, going to salah will be like coming home to an old friend.
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God Mind Personal Relationship Throughout
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Ocean Prayer Remembrance
Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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Cleaning Dhikr Heart
If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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