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“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 Allah.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.”
― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

“Sometimes you search so hard for words. You look for a way to interpret the language of this heart and the unspoken bond you feel. But in the end you are left with nothing but silence. And deep down you hope it’s understood.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“Real love brings about calm—not inner torment. True love allows you to be at peace with yourself and with God. That is why Allah says: “that you may dwell in tranquility.” Hawa is the opposite. Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.”
― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

“Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“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

“قد نشتري كل شي في الحياه إلا (القلوب الصافيه) فهي تمنح نفسها بلا مقابل ..وإني أرى جمال الدنيا بتواصلي مع أصحاب تلك القلوب”
― عمرو خالد

“Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.”
― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

“ما هو السحر الحلال؟؟ هل هناك سحر حلال؟؟ السحر الحلال الذي يمكن أن تأسر به قلوب الناس هو ... الإبتسامة. يقول أبو أمامة: "ما لقيني رسول الله إلا ابتسم في وجهي حتى أحببته”
― عمرو خالد

“إذا همت نفسك بمعصية فذكرها بالله، فإن أبت فذكرها بأخلاق الرجال، فإن أبت فذكرها بالفضيحة إذا علم الناس، فإن أبت فأعلم أن نفسك مريضة تحتاج علاج وعلاجها كثرة ذكر الله”
― عمرو خالد

“When you fall in love with a work of art, you’d die to meet the artist. I am a student of the galleries of Pacific sunsets, full moon rises on the ocean, the clouds from an airplane, autumn forests in Raleigh, first fallen snows.
And I’m dying to meet the artist.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“هل لديك حلمًا تريد تحقيقه في هذه الحياة، ما هو حلمك؟معقول ليس لديك حلم، احلم وعيش لحلمك، واعلم أن أحلام الأمس هي حقائق اليوم وأحلام اليوم هي حقائق الغد احلم واجتهد وادعي ربك يحقق حلمك”
― عمرو خالد

“He knows that behind each false door is a drop. And if we enter it, we will fall. In His mercy, He keeps those false doors closed.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“وإذا مس الإنسان الضر دعانا لجنبه أو قاعدا أو قائما فلما كشفنا عنه ضره مر كأن لم يدعنا إلى ضر مسه" هذه الآية تصور لنا مشهدين بشكل رائع: مشهد الإنسان المهموم الذي يدعو الله تعالى بأي طريقة (لجنبه أو قاعدا أو قائما) وفي هذه الصورة تثاقل وبطء، حتى إذا انتهت الأزمة كان تصرفه وغفلته سريعين (مر) ... كأنه مر بدون أن يتوقف ليشكر أو يلتفت ليتدبر. هل فعلت أنت ذلك مع الله من قبل؟”
― عمرو خالد

“She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on.”
― robert m drake

“Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.”
― robert m drake

“Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.”
― robert m drake

“The best kind of humans are the ones who stay.”
― robert m drake