You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him. Yasmin Mogahed More Quotes by Yasmin Mogahed More Quotes From Yasmin Mogahed 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. Yasmin Mogahed shields heart way 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. Yasmin Mogahed body men world On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak`at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth. We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak`at. Yasmin Mogahed islamic giving-up prayer 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! Yasmin Mogahed encouraging heartbreak past 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. Yasmin Mogahed blessing heart thinking The worst part of getting close to someone is the part when you have to miss them. Yasmin Mogahed worst missing Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is Yasmin Mogahed gift-from-god worship Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love. Yasmin Mogahed motivated born hate 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! Yasmin Mogahed punishment believe people 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. Yasmin Mogahed generosity giving-up lying We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then. Yasmin Mogahed islamic attachment important 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. Yasmin Mogahed chains letting-go world The fastest way to heal a broken heart is to find someone better to love, and love more. Know that sometimes heartbreak happens just to push you to God. Yasmin Mogahed islam broken heart There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention? Yasmin Mogahed pay-attention all-things attention In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we're likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease. By taking away all other hand-holds, all other multiple choice options, He has made the test simple.It's never easy to stand when the storm hits. And that's exactly the point. By sending the wind, He brings us to our knees: the perfect position to pray Yasmin Mogahed multiple-choice simple hands 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. Yasmin Mogahed leaving sky heart 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. Yasmin Mogahed dunya doors sometimes 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. Yasmin Mogahed heart hands people The sin of Kibr (arrogance) is actually worse than many of the sins that we would be advising [other] people about. Yasmin Mogahed arrogance would-be people Let the love of Allah heal you. And free you. Yasmin Mogahed heal
