Reclaim Your Heart: Personal insights on breaking free from life's shackles

by Yasmin Mogahed

Reclaim your heart and place it with its rightful owner: God.

We are told in the Qur’an: "…whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things." (Qur’an, 2: 256)

there is only one hand-hold that never breaks. There is only one place where we can lay our dependencies. There is only one relationship that should define our self-worth and only one source from which to seek our ultimate happiness, fulfillment, and security. That place is God.

God says: "Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves." (Qur’an, 13:11)

I was not attached to material things. I was attached to people. I was attached to moments. I was attached to emotions. So I thought that the love of dunya

i can relate to everythibg in this book

Prophet Ibrahim (as) said so beautifully: "For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to Allah." (Qur’an, 6:79)

Allah (glorified is He) tells us in a very profound ayah (verse): "Verily with hardship comes ease." (Qur’an, 94:5).

In every bad situation we’re in, there is always something to be grateful for. With hardship, Allah also gives us the strength and patience to bear it.

what is taken by Allah is never lost.

such a powerful quote

We think we will never die.