Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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I think we seek out people who we hope will fix what our childhood broke.
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Loss; is the returning of what never actually belonged to us in the first place.
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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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If you want to kill something, neglect it. It happens in both good and bad. Neglect a relationship, it dies. Neglect your iman, it dies. But the same principal applies when you want to kill something like a thought or a desire. Neglect it, it dies.
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Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don't let anyone take it from you
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Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
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Let your heart go Home, even before your body arrives.
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Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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If you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His Sun.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself
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Can not the One who gives life to dead land, give life to dead hearts?
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.
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Be careful about wanting what others have. There is always a price. Perhaps God didn’t give it to you, because He knew you wouldn’t be able to pay it.
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Blessings come in packages of two. With every blessing is a test. So don't ever envy people who seem to have more than you. The more blessings, the more tests. And the greater the blessing, the harder the test.
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they're too empty.
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When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.
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If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn't come from the people. It comes from God.
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My dear sisters in humanity: Your beauty-both internal and external-is priceless. Only the man who marries you has a right to see it. Never forget, if he doesn't want to marry you, he doesn't deserve you.
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Just as storms change the landscape of the earth, our hardships change the landscape of the heart.
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Sigh... I have learned that *everything* is so hard...except what Allah makes easy. So we must *beg* Him to make it easy on us.
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Shaytan will tell you that you’re not worthy, so give up. But his traps are based on lies. When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.