My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
YASMIN MOGAHEDEverything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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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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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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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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My pain will die. My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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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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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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