You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBeauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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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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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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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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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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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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When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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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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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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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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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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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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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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