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.
YASMIN MOGAHEDIf you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him.
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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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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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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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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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