Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLook forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being.
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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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We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wait for a prince to save or complete us. Our worth, our honor, our salvation, and our completion lies not in the slave. But, in the Lord of the slave.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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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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But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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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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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.
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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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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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