Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
YASMIN MOGAHEDDon’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?
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.
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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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Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart
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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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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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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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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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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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.
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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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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak’at.
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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most:
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Like the sun that sets at the end of the day, so too will Ramadan come and go, leaving only it’s mark on our heart’s sky.
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