In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
Yasmin MogahedWe 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 canโt understand light. Without hardship, we wouldnโt *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldnโt grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldnโt taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who givesโeven when He takes.
Yasmin MogahedIf you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His Sun.
Yasmin MogahedWe die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
Yasmin MogahedSo often we experience things in life, and yet never see the connections between them. When we are given hardship, or feel pain, we often fail to consider that the experience may be the direct cause or result of another action or experience. Sometimes we fail to recognize the direct connection between the pain in our lives and our relationship with Allah SWT
Yasmin Mogahed