Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
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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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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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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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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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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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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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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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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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When we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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