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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.

Yasmin Mogahed

There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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Chains Go Letting World
Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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Cleaning Dhikr Heart
Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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Heart Helping
My pain will die. 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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Bad Laughter Life Perfectly
The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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Body Needs Soul
Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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Already Full Love Others
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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Fall Hurt Mean Resilence
When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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Beautiful Heart Pain
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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Care Everything People Worry
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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Easier God Inspirational Outside Religious
In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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Choice Gives Hands Multiple Simple
This world isn’t perfect. That means it isn’t perfectly good; but it isn’t perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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Focus Good Mean Perfectly Shift
The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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Bring Close Every Hardship
Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
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Home Islamic Land
You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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God Wisdom Wise
There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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Differences Listening Silence

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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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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