When we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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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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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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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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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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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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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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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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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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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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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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