Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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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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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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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more.
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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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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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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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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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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.
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If you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
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