Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
YASMIN MOGAHEDMy 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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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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Break in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow.
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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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When 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.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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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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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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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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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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