Like 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 MOGAHEDAs Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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If 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.
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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.
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There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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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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This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.
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Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream
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Ignoring a Reality doesn’t make it less Real. It’s still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn’t stop it from happening.
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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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This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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