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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.

Yasmin Mogahed

Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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Attachment Love Self
Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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Heart Light Pain
Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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Faith Inspirational Spiritual
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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Fashion Men Numbers
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Ocean Prayer Remembrance
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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Asking Everything Listening Question Sign Speak
Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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Home Loneliness People
Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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Destiny Steers Trying
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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Past Thinking Two
Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Grateful Pushes Wounds
If you want to know what’s Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.
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Life Love Loyalty Real
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.
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Fashion God Hope Lying Men
If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Breaking Giving Heart Want
When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
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Chance Generously Love Messing
But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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Dark Heart Ocean Remember
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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Choice Gives Hands Multiple Simple

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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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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