Allah is Al Wahab (the one who loves to give gifts) and Al Kareem (the most generous). Therefore the default is that He loves to give. So, think about it. We must know that if Al Wahab, Al Kareem has withheld something from us, it must be because Al- Aleem (the most knowing) and Al… Read More
A poem I wrote a few years ago… On the struggle of life… By: Yasmin Mogahed I thought of you today I thought of you and remembered those words you told me In the most perfect way You calmed my beating heart And eased my breath You told me those words and I carry… Read More
When the dunya is presented to the heart, the heart can either reject or accept it. If it accepts it, the heart becomes like a sponge and absorbs it in. Now, getting the dunya out of the heart takes the same process as getting ink out of a sponge: painful and repetitive squeezing. Be patient…. Read More
Stillness By: Yasmin Mogahed The sun is so beautiful in the early morning. It does something to the trees that you don’t see any other time of the day. I think we all want the same thing: A quiet peace. Maybe just even a single moment of it. To close our eyes and just be… Read More
Something I wrote many years ago…I think I wrote all of it with my eyes closed (literally) :)… Long After the Euphoria Has Passed By: Yasmin Mogahed This time, sadness. not urgency. just sadness. i know. but what’s the point of explaining? what’s the point in trying anymore? where’s the reason for that… Read More
This is a piece I wrote when I was doing my Masters in Journalism. I spent an entire semester writing and rewriting this piece. It’s about a very personal experience, but I thought I’d share: Full Circle By: Yasmin Mogahed I was home. The semester was over. It was finals week. Frantically, I worked to… Read More
By: Yasmin Mogahed Tell me I can get lost Tell me I can lose myself in your Presence In the overwhelming moment of real submission Tell me I can remain forever broken In You For You With You. Tell me I can remain here forever Away, while still here. Did not the Prophet… Read More
“Some think love without Attachments means being cold towards the Creation. On the contrary, it is the warmest kind of love. When you love for the sake of the nafs, the source of love is limited. To give is to become depleted. So you are always needy and dependent. When you love for,in and because… Read More
Many of us think we can live our lives however we want, and then at the time of death just say ‘la illaha illah Allah’. But at the time of death, the tongue cannot speak—except what the heart commands. Whatever is in the heart will come out. If that heart was full of only love… Read More
I have nothing but your generosity to put my hope in. Nothing. For I stand at Your door holding broken scraps…and yet you open. Save me from this storm. I am the most helpless of all your slaves. And I’m lost. Wandering in the middle of a forest trying to find my way. But all… Read More
