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.
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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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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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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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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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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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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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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I tell you to keep going, not because it’s easy. Not because it doesn’t hurt. I tell you to keep going because there’s no other way. To stop is to die.
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When we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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Don’t worry about what the people say. Sometimes they’ll praise you. Sometimes they’ll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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