Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees...the perfect position to seek God.
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God tells me to cover myself, to hide my beauty and to tell the world that I’m not here to please men with my body; I’m here to please God. God elevates the dignity of a woman’s body by commanding that it be respected and covered, shown only to the deserving - only to the man I marry.
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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Do you ever wonder why often you can't have the things you want most? Perhaps if you got them in this life, they would distract you from Him. Perhaps He withholds some things that you love in this life to keep your heart from being distracted...and then gives those things to you in the next. Forever.
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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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Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective. To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.
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The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.
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Let your former selves teach you, but never limit or define you
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What's given to dunya is lost forever. What's
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Do you struggle with confusion? Not knowing which way to go? Here's why: We turn to means (help of creation, our own mind) before turning to God.
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You put your head on the ground, and in that moment everything was okay.
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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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Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
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With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.
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Take care of the hearts you've been entrusted with. Once lost, they can be lost from you forever.
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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Loss; is the returning of what never actually belonged to us in the first place.
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Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is
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People think that tests only come in the form of hardships. Allah also tests us with ease, it's often in the test of ease that we fail most.
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Allah manages everything in the heavens and earth—the sun, the moon, the stars—with perfection, and yet we don’t trust Him to manage our lives!
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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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The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.
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Can not the One who gives life to dead land, give life to dead hearts?
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Sometimes we make duaa for a door of dunya. When it doesn't open, we cry. Not realizing that Allah has instead opened a door of jennah for us.