There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.
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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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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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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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.
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When you suffer, don’t speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don’t stop.
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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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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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That data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.
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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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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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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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Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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