Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
YASMIN MOGAHEDYour beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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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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Seek those who help you hear your own heart.
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If you wonder how you’ll get through this new heartbreak, just think back. Remember all you’ve been through in the past. And how each time you swore, you’d never get through it. But you did. And look where you’re at now. This too shall pass!
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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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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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I tell you to keep going, not because it’s easy. Not because it doesn’t hurt. I tell you to keep going because there’s no other way. To stop is to die.
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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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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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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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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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Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
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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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My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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