But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.
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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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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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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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