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“This life is going to seem very real. At times its going to make us cry and flee to illusions for shelter. But it's only a test.

Yasmin Mogahed

“This life is a training for the Reality beyond the test.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Be grateful for the empty inner place and the wound that pushed you to God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Tawakkul (complete reliance on God) is to strive with the limbs, hold on to hope, and let go of results.

Yasmin Mogahed

“If your heart is dead, know that the One who can give life to the dead body, can give life to your dead heart.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Its going to keep hurting, until you realize that there are places in the human heart created only by, and for, God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“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.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Often when we complain about 'Muslims' being 'this' or 'that', we really mean: 'everyone else but me'. Remember, change starts with me.

Yasmin Mogahed

“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

“I think the reason we get impatient, stop, and give up is because we want to get paid. But it isn't Pay Day yet.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Behind every tear is a cleansing of the eyes, and in every spot you've ever been stabbed, is a healing, and the creation of skin stronger than it was.

Yasmin Mogahed

“I keep walking because behind every sun’s setting is a rising, behind every storm is a Refuge, and behind every fall is a rise.

Yasmin Mogahed

“With the creation, only when you stop needing, do you get.

Yasmin Mogahed

“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

“What’s given to dunya is lost. What's given to Allah is never lost. If you give what you love, for the sake of what He loves, you’ll have what you love forever.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Your service of Him is His greatest gift to you. Your deeds aren't a gift from you to God.They're a gift from God to you. And yet He rewards [you] for them!

Yasmin Mogahed

“No one finds their way out of this forest—except whom You save. Save me. For truly, truly, I cannot save myself.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Everything you love in this life is only an imperfect approximation of the Real thing in jennah. To make you seek the Real version.

Yasmin Mogahed

“I looked at myself and I saw only ugliness. I looked at You and I saw only Beauty. Only if your beauty covers up my ugliness, can I reflect any beauty.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Even my falling on my face in the mud was from His mercy...lest I forget where I came from, and to where I am going.

Yasmin Mogahed

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