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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIn dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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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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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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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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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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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 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?
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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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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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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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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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