There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
YASMIN MOGAHEDOur 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect.
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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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I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most:
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you… And there are others who will understand – without you even speaking a word.
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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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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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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who’ve hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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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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If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
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Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
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We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak’at.
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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