Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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If you wonder how you'll get through this new heartbreak, just think back. Remember all you've been through in the past. And how each time you swore, you'd never get through it. But you did. And look where you're at now. This too shall pass!
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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
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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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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
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We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
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When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you're furnishing it.
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This world isn't perfect. That means it isn't perfectly good; but it isn't perfectly bad, either. The ease comes with the hardship. Shift the focus of what you see, and your experience of this life will change.
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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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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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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness
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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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The sin of Kibr (arrogance) is actually worse than many of the sins that we would be advising [other] people about.
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Some people may complicate it for you, but the formula is simple: Love God more than anything else. More than your ego. More than your money. More than your desires...More than your sleep at dawn. Love God more than anything else, and submission comes natural.
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Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.
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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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Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You're not in charge.
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When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.
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The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize... It was only a dream