Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is # eternal .
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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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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.
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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.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.
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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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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall. The ground is where humility lives. Take it. Learn it. Breathe it in. And then come back stronger, humbler and more aware of your need for Him. Come back having seen your own nothingness and His greatness.
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Salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, and yet it is the last thing that is on our mind.
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I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this.
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I get it. Allah put me through it first so I could rise back up and help those around me. He trains you first. Then He sends the people to you and you to the people.
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We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to 'speak' to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always 'speaking'. The question is whether we are listening.
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Some feel lonely because they haven't found that perfect 'companion' yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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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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Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.
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You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.
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Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.
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Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective. To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won't enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external 'freedom' in the world won't liberate you, if you are chained inside.
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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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When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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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