Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAny beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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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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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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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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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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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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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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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
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