Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
YASMIN MOGAHEDMy Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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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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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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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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Try to fill your mind and heart with Allah as much as you can throughout your day. Talk to Him, make duaa to Him constantly. This will build your personal relationship with Him. Then, going to salah will be like coming home to an old friend.
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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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Break in the hands of God, He’ll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you’ll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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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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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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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
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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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