Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBlessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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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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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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We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak’at.
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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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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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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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If 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.
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If you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
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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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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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