Yasmin Mogahed Quotes

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

Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.

Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.

Don't expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their 'perfect' version is saved for jennah.

If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.

Sometimes we make duaa for a door of dunya. When it doesn't open, we cry. Not realizing that Allah has instead opened a door of jennah for us.

What's given to dunya is lost forever. What's given to Allah is never lost. If you give what you love, for the sake of what He loves, you'll have what you love forever.

My laughter won't last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn't perfect. And it isn't. It isn't perfectly good. But, it also isn't perfectly bad, either.

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

The traveler walks through many mirages before he finds water.

We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.

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.

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.

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

Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.

Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You're not in charge.

Let your former selves teach you, but never limit or define you

To some,Islam is nothing but a code of rules and regulations.But,to those who understand,it is a perfect vision of life

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

There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

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.

Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.

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.

Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.

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.

Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.

Love isn't supposed to torment you. If it does, there's probably something wrong.

The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

He chose better for me, He always chooses better

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

Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing

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

Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.

Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.

Everything we do is motivated by love. Even fear and hate are born of love. So be careful what you love.

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

Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.

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

When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.

Yes, the heart breaks. But, it also heals.

The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.

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.

Loss; is the returning of what never actually belonged to us in the first place.

When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.

If you're having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!

Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.

You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.

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

Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!

The fastest way to heal a broken heart is to find someone better to love, and love more. Know that sometimes heartbreak happens just to push you to God.