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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBe 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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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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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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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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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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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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Everything is as it should be. God’s design is perfect.
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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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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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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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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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