Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?
YASMIN MOGAHEDWhen 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
-
-
My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Don’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
YASMIN MOGAHED -
I’m not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
You keep only what you give…to Him.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn’t penetrate.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
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.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
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.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.
YASMIN MOGAHED