Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDon’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you… And there are others who will understand – without you even speaking a word.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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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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When we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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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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This world isn’t perfect. That means it isn’t perfectly good; but it isn’t perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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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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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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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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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who’ve hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
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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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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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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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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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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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You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
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