When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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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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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don’t ever envy people who seem to have more than you.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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