If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers. Yasmin Mogahed More Quotes by Yasmin Mogahed More Quotes From Yasmin Mogahed Your life is nothing more than a love story. Between you and God. Nothing more. Every person, every experience, every gift, every loss, every pain is sent to your path for one reason and one reason only: to bring you back to Him. Yasmin Mogahed painstoriesloss Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you. Yasmin Mogahed gratefulhurtstories This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter. Yasmin Mogahed shelterstormthis-life We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites. Without dark, we can’t understand light. Without hardship, we wouldn’t *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldn’t grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldn’t taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who gives—even when He takes. Yasmin Mogahed gratitudedarkloss You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness Yasmin Mogahed finding-happinessgetting-what-you-wantworld I tell you to keep going, not because it's easy. Not because it doesn't hurt. I tell you to keep going because there's no other way. To stop is to die. Life is in motion. In growth. In change. Life is in seeking and in finding. Life is in redemption. Each moment is a new birth. A new chance to come back, to get it right. Yasmin Mogahed life-changinggrowthhurt How could you feel worthless when God has honoured you by creating you and choosing you to be with Him, in this life and the next? You are worthy. You are worthy of love. You are worthy of respect. You haven't failed. You're beautiful. Only the beautiful can see beauty. Never doubt your beauty. Never doubt your worth. It's not about how much you make, your grades, what people say or think. It's about you and God. It's about your heart. The blinding beauty of your heart. Yasmin Mogahed love-youheartbeautiful Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel. Yasmin Mogahed hategodinspirational Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another. Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn't about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you're already full. Yasmin Mogahed attachmentselflove-is Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith Yasmin Mogahed holding-ontestsdark There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow. My pain will die. 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. Yasmin Mogahed laughterchangebeautiful 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. Yasmin Mogahed lonelyperfectsometimes My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men. Yasmin Mogahed fashionnumbersmen 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. Yasmin Mogahed creationunderstandinggiving You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea. Yasmin Mogahed wisdomgodwise Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God. Yasmin Mogahed be-gratefulwoundsgrateful If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life. Yasmin Mogahed wantheartgiving 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. Yasmin Mogahed moneygodinspirational 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. Yasmin Mogahed speakaskinglistening But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here. Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back up—stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels. Yasmin Mogahed oceandarkheart
