Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.
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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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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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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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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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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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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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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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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Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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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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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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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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We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak’at.
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