When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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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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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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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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Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
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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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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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If you want to know what’s Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.
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The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
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Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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