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 MOGAHEDIf you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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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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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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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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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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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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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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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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