As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
YASMIN MOGAHEDAs Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDon’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIn dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
YASMIN MOGAHEDI 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDOnce in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThey say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
YASMIN MOGAHEDTawwakul 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDI know you feel worn and tired. I know you’re tired of failing. Rest, but don’t stop. You can do this. You got this. Not because you’re strong, but because He’s your strength.
YASMIN MOGAHEDTear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
YASMIN MOGAHEDBe 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 MOGAHEDSome hearts understand each other, even in silence.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBeing both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYou cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
YASMIN MOGAHEDFor 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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDSometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
YASMIN MOGAHED