BADASS Muslimahs

“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand—without you even speaking a word.” Yasmin Mogahed (via erraticintrovert)

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“We ask God to cure us of our hardships, without ever stopping to consider that our hardships are curing us.” Yasmin Mogahed  (via arabarabarab)

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“Don’t think for a moment that your heart is ‘strong’. The heart is a vulnerable fool. It turns more easily than you turn your head. Thats why its called ‘qalb’ (that which turns). Protect it with layer upon layer of guards. And the only guard is the *consistant* remembrance of God.” Yasmin Mogahed (via zuleikha)

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“Like Cinderella we were taught that we are helpless unless a prince comes to save us. Like Sleeping Beauty, we were told that our life doesn’t fully begin, until Prince Charming kisses us. But here’s the thing: no prince can complete you. And no knight can save you. Only God can.” Yasmin Mogahed (via zaatardiva)

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“You wanted strength, so you went to the gym. You put weight on the bar and you lifted. When you wanted more strength, you added more weight. And yet when you seek strength of heart, mind and soul, you think it comes without lifting.” Yasmin Mogahed (via azaadi)

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“The moment you or I allow anything, other than our Creator, to define our success, our failure, our happiness, or our worth, we have entered into a silent, but destructive form of slavery.” Yasmin Mogahed  (via thelittlephilosopher)

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“There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow. My pain will die. 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.” Yasmin Mogahed (via safiyahzayn) (via locamuslimah)

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“Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (alayhissalam) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more. The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. And the beauty of such a sacrifice is this: Once you let go of your attachment, what you love is given back to you—now in a purer, better form. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?”

Yasmin Mogahed

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Eid Mubarak!

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“You keep running after the love of the people, but you’ll never get it. And what you do get, will never be enough. The hole inside you is too big. You see, it was made by God, for God. How could anything less fill it?” Yasmin Mogahed. (via yourcupofcoffee)

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