When 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 ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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Don’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.
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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.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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If 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!
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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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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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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