This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBut, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more.
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When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
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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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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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Break in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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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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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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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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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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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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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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