![]() Spiritual awakening occurs when you realize that you had a wrong perception of the world. By learning to avoid eating while no one is watching, fasting trains us to avoid indulging in immoral activities when people aren’t watching. ![]() Yasmin teaches that fasting enables us to control our soul’s desires because it makes us learn to restrain our physical desires. We must perceive life as a test that God uses to bring us closer to Him because this perception enables us to realize that we can learn from everything. ‘The present world is an illusory pleasure: you are sure to be tested through your possessions and persons’ – Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart ![]() Hardships also awaken us from our recklessness and show us where we are heading to. Moreover, they remind us of the Greatness of God, and how small we are, compared to his greatness. We must embrace hardships because they purify our souls and move us closer to God. For example, heart-breaks tell us that we are too attached to a particular person, and we need to let go of him/her. Here are 5 remarkable lessons I learned from Yasmin Mogahed’s book.Īccording to Yasmin, pain warns us that something is wrong and we need to make changes in our lives. ![]() I learned several things from the book that made me wiser. The book reveals the importance of placing our hope in God and shows us how to react when we fall. Yasmin Mogahed’s book, Reclaim Your Heart, was written to free your heart from slavery and give you a positive perception towards hardships. ![]()
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