Yasmin Mogahed Quotes

When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.

In dunya, the image is always better than the reality. In Jennah, the Reality is better than any image ever could be.

Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.

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

If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.

People think that tests only come in the form of hardships. Allah also tests us with ease, it's often in the test of ease that we fail most.

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

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.

We 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 can’t understand light. Without hardship, we wouldn’t *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldn’t grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldn’t taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who gives—even when He takes.

Everything is as it should be. God's design is perfect.

Ignoring a Reality doesn't make it less Real. It's still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn't stop it from happening.

Salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, and yet it is the last thing that is on our mind.

The body has many needs. But the soul has only one: to be with God.

Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest

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

Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another. Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn't about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you're already full.

The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.

You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.

Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on-in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.

Allah does not withhold to withhold. Remaking the heart was the objective. To remake it, He sometimes breaks it first.

The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.

My dear sisters in humanity: Your beauty-both internal and external-is priceless. Only the man who marries you has a right to see it. Never forget, if he doesn't want to marry you, he doesn't deserve you.

You never have to be scared of the trials but of standing alone in the trials without shelter (Allah's help).

Seek those who help you hear your own heart.

Don't get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.

In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we're likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease. By taking away all other hand-holds, all other multiple choice options, He has made the test simple.It's never easy to stand when the storm hits. And that's exactly the point. By sending the wind, He brings us to our knees: the perfect position to pray

If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.

This pain in your heart was created to make you yearn less for this life. And to yearn more for jennah. Allahu akbar

Don't worry about what the people say. Sometimes they'll praise you. Sometimes they'll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.

Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.

Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.

Embrace life and all that God gives you-but never let it contain you. This world is too small to contain you.

Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.

When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak`at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth. We will realize the priceless check that was left on our doorstep every night as we slept. There will come a day when we would give up everything under the sky just to come back and pray those two rak`at.

In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).

You have trouble feeling alive, so you stab your own heart just to feel something. It was the emptiness that was killing you. You created the sadness and the fear to fill it.

Oh my heart, there is another way to love. Do not love the gift for what the gift is. Love the gift for Who it came from.

T]here is no other purpose of my existence except to know, love and get closer to God. This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.

Everything you say or allow into your eyes or ears becomes data that is stored in your heart. That data is later replayed during your prayer. If you want to know what is filling your heart, look at what you think about in your prayer. If you want to guard your heart, guard your eyes, ears, and tongue.

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.

How could you feel worthless when God has honoured you by creating you and choosing you to be with Him, in this life and the next? You are worthy. You are worthy of love. You are worthy of respect. You haven't failed. You're beautiful. Only the beautiful can see beauty. Never doubt your beauty. Never doubt your worth. It's not about how much you make, your grades, what people say or think. It's about you and God. It's about your heart. The blinding beauty of your heart.

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

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith

Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.

If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn't come from the people. It comes from God.

At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.