Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYou can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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 suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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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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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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If you want to know what’s Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.
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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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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.
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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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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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