“ Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work withou… Yasmin Mogahed
“ Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing. Yasmin Mogahed
“ The worst prison is not made of metal bars. The worst prison is when your internal reality does not match your external reality. 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 th… Yasmin Mogahed
“ The secret to happiness is to never make it dependent on that which can be taken away Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 sp… Yasmin Mogahed
“ Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it. Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 mo… Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 se… Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 can g… Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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. Yasmin Mogahed
“ Speak your heart. If they don’t understand, the message was never meant for them anyway. Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 found… Yasmin Mogahed
“ Shaytan will tell you that you’re 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 givi… Yasmin Mogahed
“ 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 tes… Yasmin Mogahed
