Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.
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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who've hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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To me, jennah is the place where you get to be with the people you love, including those you can't always be with in this life. And being with them forever.
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Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.
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I loved. I lost. So I learned to love what is never lost. Then even what I loved that can be lost was through what cannot be lost...so it was never lost.
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The worst part of getting close to someone is the part when you have to miss them.
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When talking about marriage, Allah says your spouses are garments for you. A garment may or may not fit perfectly-but either way, it covers imperfections, protects, and beautifies.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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When you're faced with a choice, remember this: Everything else will pass away. Your family. Your friends. Your material possessions. Your beauty. Your youth. Your life. And there is only one thing that remains. Ask yourself: Which are you chasing?
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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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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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Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.
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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah. It is only by our connection to our Creator that we rise or fall in life, in our relationship with our world—and with all of humanity.
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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.
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There's a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn't very loveable.
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Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
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When someone shows you their heart, their past, their wounds, they have entrusted you with the deepest part of themselves. It is the part of themselves that makes them uniquely beautiful. To be trusted in this way is a great honor. Guard that trust with your life.
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Don't expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their 'perfect' version is saved for jennah.
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You put your head on the ground, and in that moment everything was okay.
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest