Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
YASMIN MOGAHEDKnow that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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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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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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The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream
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This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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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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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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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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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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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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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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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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