Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAt the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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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 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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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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That data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
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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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We will be asked, “what did you love most in this world? What did you spend life doing? What did you run after? Will it last? The things that you chased, will they last? Will they help you, or will they hurt you when the illusion of this life has passed?”
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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