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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDFor 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThere 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDArrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYou keep only what you give…to Him.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
YASMIN MOGAHEDGive. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
YASMIN MOGAHEDSo 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIgnoring a Reality doesn’t make it less Real. It’s still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn’t stop it from happening.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBefore anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
YASMIN MOGAHED