Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
YASMIN MOGAHEDNever lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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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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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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You’ve been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
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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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The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
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Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it’s mark on our heart’s sky.
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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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Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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