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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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I’m not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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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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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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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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If you want to know what’s Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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As 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.
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