Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDTear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
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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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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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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.
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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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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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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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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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If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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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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Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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