Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
YASMIN MOGAHEDArrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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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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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
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My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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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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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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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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If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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