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“When temptation claims your reason, know that misfortune is about to strike. Fall down, prostrate and begin to pray. With flowing tears implore the Lord that He may deliver you from the throes of doubt.

Rumi

“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.

Yasmin Mogahed

“The wise don’t ask for pleasure or pain. They both fade and die. The wise ask for sufficiency and contentment.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Today, we hear the phrase “live for the moment” used often, but somewhere along the way, it turned into a term justifying the lower nature of man. The moments that the pious saints and figures from east and west spoke of in the past, were moments that brought about greater purpose, far outweighing the mere moments of the lower self. It was this clear understanding that led Yusuf (as) to make the right decision at a very tempting point in time. “…and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof of his Lord” (Qur’an 12:24). As a matter of fact, one of Prophet Yusuf’s most well-known and documented attributes was his insight and ability to interpret the signs of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala (glorified is He). His dreams foreshadowed his fate and the revelation that came to him saved an entire nation from the onslaught of a major famine. His heart was filled with the Oneness of God. Prophet Yusuf (as) knew his circumstances and those around him were never simply a coincidence. He knew that every situation, every thought, and every feeling was connected to something much greater—the will of The only existing Truth—Al Haqq.

Omar Ead

“Ask Allah for help against your evil whims and desires just as you ask Him for help against your enemies.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Don’t confuse the pleasure of the flesh with the pleasure of the heart. And don’t confuse the pain of the flesh with the pain of the heart.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Allah created angels with reason and no desires, animals with desires and no reason, and man with both reason and desires.
So if a man's reason is stronger than his desire then he is like an angel, and if his desires are stronger than his reason, then he is like an animal.

Qataada ibn Diaama

“When you allow movies, shows, and commercials to change your lifestyle and way of life, you are also opening a crack for it to change your religion.

Abdulbary Yahya

“Whoever acts on whims and desires and sin loses out and harms no one but himself. Whoever follows the sunnah and adheres to laws and follows the right path, seeking that which is with Allaah for those who obey Him, is doing the right thing and is a winner.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.

Rumi

“Deafened by the voice of desire you are unaware the Beloved lives in the core of your heart. Stop the noise and you’ll hear His voice in the silence

Rumi

“There's something when looked at extinguishes the flame of lust from your soul and breaks the false idols from your heart. And it is death.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Are you trying to get your desires to submit to God, or God to submit to your desires?

Yasmin Mogahed

“If you find a need in you that cannot be fulfilled by anything in this life, know that it is because you were created for another world.

Yasmin Mogahed

“When you give up something for Allah that the nafs loves, He carries you through it and replaces it with something so much better.

Yasmin Mogahed

“It's human nature to have desires. It's animal nature to give in.

Yasmin Mogahed

“To be imprisoned behind bars is a loss, but to be imprisoned by one's own desires and to become a slave to one's self is the ultimate loss.

Yasir Qadhi

“Desires are never fully satisfied: if you are not content with the halal, no amount of haram will fill you up.

Yasir Qadhi

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