We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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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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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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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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The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
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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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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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