Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
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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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Ignoring a Reality doesn’t make it less Real. It’s still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn’t stop it from happening.
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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
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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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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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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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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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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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You keep only what you give…to Him.
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