Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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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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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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Love isn't supposed to torment you. If it does, there's probably something wrong.
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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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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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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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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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If you worshipped Muhammad, know that Muhammad is dead. But if you worshipped Allah, know that Allah never dies.
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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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The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.
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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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Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.
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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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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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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.
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Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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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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Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.
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Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.