"Oh external worshipper, 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 without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain."

On marriage and love - "The lesson you're taught is that the story ends at the wedding, and then that's when Jennah (paradise) begins. That's when you'll be saved and completed and everything that was once broken will be fixed. The only problem is, that's not where the story ends. That's where it begins. That's where the building starts: the building of a life, the building of your character, the building of sabr, patience, perseverance, and sacrifice. The building of selflessness. The building of love. And the building of your path back to Him."

"Imagine all the mercy God has given you in your life. All the times He has saved you from yourself. All the times we insist on degrading ourselves, yet He honors us instead. We insist on poisoning our hearts, but He takes away the poison and replaces it with medicine. Now imagine this. All of that mercy He has shown you, and all of the mercy spread throught the whole world for all time, is only 1 part of 100. And the rest is saved for the Day of Judgement. Intense. Allahu akbar."

Yasmin Mogahed