Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDKeep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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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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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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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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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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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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The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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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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