Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.

The body that we tend to is only temporary, while the soul that we neglect is #‎ eternal .

I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes. I'm a soul, a mind, a servant of God. My worth is defined by the beauty of my soul, my heart, my moral character. So I won't worship your beauty standards, and I don't submit to your fashion sense. My submission is to something higher.

Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.

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.

Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.

Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?