Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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We will be asked, "what did you love most in this world? What did you spend life doing? What did you run after? Will it last? The things that you chased, will they last? Will they help you, or will they hurt you when the illusion of this life has passed?"
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Study the hurtful patterns of your life.
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If you study your own struggles, the struggles of others, even in movies or novels you'll see the root of all their suffering is always attachments
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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Love isn't supposed to torment you. If it does, there's probably something wrong.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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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. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect. Most people opt for the easiest version rather than the best.
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When we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us. When we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
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You never have to be scared of the trials but of standing alone in the trials without shelter (Allah's help).
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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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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the one steering the ship, be thankful. He has removed the illusion, and forced you to rely only on Him.
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they'll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not. This tide was never meant to be still. Step away from time to time. And know that only a heart fixed on the unmoving spot can ride the waves of this ever-changing, ever-fading life.
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Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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My sisters, let's tell 'fashion' we love Allah more!
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Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.
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You can’t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isn’t Him you’re running towards.
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Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.
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Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.
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If you worshipped Muhammad, know that Muhammad is dead. But if you worshipped Allah, know that Allah never dies.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.