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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.

Yasmin Mogahed

I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most:
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Assume Believe God People Punishment
We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Eye Mean Suffering
The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
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Beautiful Commandant God Ourselves
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.
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Forever Laughter Perfectly Good
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.
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Cleaning Healing Hurt Pain
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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Life Love Loyalty Real
We will be asked, “what did you love most in this world? What did you spend life doing? What did you run after? Will it last? The things that you chased, will they last? Will they help you, or will they hurt you when the illusion of this life has passed?”
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Hurt Islamic Last Running Spend
When you suffer, don’t speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don’t stop.
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God Inspirational Inspiring Stop
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Ocean Prayer Remembrance
Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Fall Sometimes Transformation
Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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Blessing People Two
There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Beautiful Change Laughter
You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
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Finding Getting Happiness Want World
Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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God Hope Imprisoned Soul
Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Grateful Pushes Wounds
Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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Crave Hawa Miserable Satisfied

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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