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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDOnce in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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When you suffer, don’t speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don’t stop.
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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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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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You’ve been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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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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I’m not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes.
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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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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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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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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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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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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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