Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it’s mark on our heart’s sky.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.
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We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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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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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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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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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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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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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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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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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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I 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.
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Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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