Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow.
YASMIN MOGAHEDHope 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.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more.
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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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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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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.
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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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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.
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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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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?
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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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