Quotes by Yasmin Mogahed

“She stood up. Something inside her had changed. "It was finally time," she thought. It was finally time to leave the past in the past. And move on. She took her first step. It felt like walking for...”

“Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you ca...”

“I have so much respect for the emotionally brave. The ones who put in the emotional work and take the real risks of being vulnerable and removing masks. It's easy to make chitchat, but it's hard to...”

“So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isnt 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 t...”

“Shaytan will tell you that youre not worthy, so give up. But his traps are based on lies. When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of gi...”

“Be the moon in somebody's night. Be the yusr (ease), in somebody's usr (hardship).”

“The secret to happiness is to never make it dependent on that which can be taken away”

“Let go of your grudges. Let the bitterness die tonight. Make a decision today that its time to move on. And begin again. New, this time. Never forget that what has passed you by was never meant to ...”

“To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be fo...”

“They say you dont get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we dont deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too...”

“The worst prison is not made of metal bars. The worst prison is when your internal reality does not match your external reality.”

“Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.”

“Maybe the brokenness comes to teach you how to kneel. Stop trying to ‘be strong’. We cry, to heal. We feel, to stay human.”

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

“We hold on so tightly, because we’re terrified of loss. We hold on till our hands bleed. And in that self-shattering persistence, we fail to see the answer: Just let go.”

“Allah loves His creation. That’s why He rewards so greatly for serving them.”

“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.”

“With my veil I put my faith on display—rather than my beauty. My value as a human is defined by my relationship with God, not by my looks. I cover the irrelevant. And when you look at me, you don’t...”

“And while it’s nice of you to want to call us ‘modern’ or ‘moderate,’ we’ll do without the redundancy. Islam is by definition moderate, so the more strictly we adhere to its fundamentals — the more...”

“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 ...”