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!
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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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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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.
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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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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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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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My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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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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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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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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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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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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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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