Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
YASMIN MOGAHEDTear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
YASMIN MOGAHEDYes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIt is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAs 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBlessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDKeep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDo not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
YASMIN MOGAHEDTry not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
YASMIN MOGAHEDOn that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLike the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it’s mark on our heart’s sky.
YASMIN MOGAHED