Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIn any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you… And there are others who will understand – without you even speaking a word.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most:
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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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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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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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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Don’t worry about what the people say. Sometimes they’ll praise you. Sometimes they’ll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
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