Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is a gift from God to you.
YASMIN MOGAHEDSeek those who help you hear your own heart.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
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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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If you’re having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!
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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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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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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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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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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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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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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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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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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You’re not in charge.
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