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Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain.
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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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He chose better for me, He always chooses better
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Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.
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And so in the heart of such a believer is a sort of paradise. That is the paradise that Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on his soul, spoke of when he said: 'Truly, there is a Heaven in this world, [and] whoever does not enter it, will not enter the Heaven of the next world.'
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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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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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Don't worry about what the people say. Sometimes they'll praise you. Sometimes they'll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you... And there are others who will understand - without you even speaking a word.
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T]here is no other purpose of my existence except to know, love and get closer to God. This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.
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Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.
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Embrace life and all that God gives you-but never let it contain you. This world is too small to contain you.
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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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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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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn't true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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Break in the hands of God, He'll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you'll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You're not in charge.
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Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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When I need God most, He comes
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My laughter won't last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn't perfect. And it isn't. It isn't perfectly good. But, it also isn't perfectly bad, either.
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I'll tell you the only way to survive: Ask God to place a semi-permeable shield around your heart: One that only allows what He loves to enter.