Posted on Wednesday, 21 December 2011

There is no other purpose of my existence except to know, love and get closer to God. This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life. —Yasmin Mogahed, The Dream of Life

step 271: use this dunya as a tool to get to Allah. i’m going to stay very conscious of this from here on out. turning 22 in an hour and am making the intention that this coming year will be better than the past 21 in every aspect because I’m actively shifting my perspective b! ameen. 

ps the step is coming directly from another YM quote: 

“Dunya is supposed to be a tool to get to Allah. But instead, we use Allah as a tool to get to dunya. We use Allah (thru duaa, religious devotion, etc) to get what we want from dunya (that job, that degree, that house, that wife/husband). While it’s encouraged to make duaa, our End is dunya, and Allah is only our means. And it should be the other way around.” 

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