Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAs a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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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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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.
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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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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.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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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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