Islamic Quotes

“The amazing thing about putting trust in God is when you're standing at the cliff and He tells you to jump, it isn't so you'll fall. It's so He can make you fly.

Yasmin Mogahed

“To fast is to say 'Dear God, I love food. I love drink. I love to fulfill my desire. But I love you more. So I give up what I love for what you love.'

Yasmin Mogahed

“There's something so much bigger than what I want and what you want. There's a world beyond the 'I'. If you find it—that's Freedom.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Our problem is we compare God to a human being. If I wrong a person again and again, eventually he gets tired of forgiving. God never tires.

Yasmin Mogahed

“It's just me and You. It's always just been me and You.

Yasmin Mogahed

“The heart may be in your chest, but it is in Allah's hands. Ask Him to open it.

Yasmin Mogahed

“The body is of the lower world, where we need to eat, sleep, bleed, and cry. And die. But the soul is of the higher world and has only one need: to be with God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Take care of the hearts you've been entrusted with. Once lost, they can be lost from you forever.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Like Musa you too will be saved from the Sea. Just look through it and see Him. Then the illusion will crumble and you'll be left with the only Reality: Him.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Getting dunya out of the heart is like getting ink out of a sponge: Painful and repetitive squeezing. Be patient. Cleansing won't last forever.

Yasmin Mogahed

“When you seek dunya, you lose the hereafter. When you seek the hereafter, you gain both dunya and the hereafter. Which is the wiser transaction?

Yasmin Mogahed

“Why was Prophet Ibrahim told to sacrifice his son? It was to free him internally of something that could compete with his love for God.

Yasmin Mogahed

“When you let go of a gift that occupied your heart, there's an amazing light that comes with it when it's returned in your hand.

Yasmin Mogahed

“God may deprive you of things to cure you of the need for it. Then when you no longer need it, it's returned to you. In your hand—not your heart.

Yasmin Mogahed

“People think it's the mind that drives us. It is the heart. The mind is a slave to the heart. So check the condition of the heart.