If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDMy value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn’t come from the people. It comes from God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThis 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDon’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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLook forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBreak in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDon’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?
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe 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
YASMIN MOGAHEDThere’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
YASMIN MOGAHEDTawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBe grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf 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!
YASMIN MOGAHED