This is Love - Yasmin Mogahed

"...human love they seek was not the destination. Some form of that human love, can be a gift. It can be a means. But the moment you make it the End, you will fall ... You will give your life to reaching a ‘destination’ of worldly perfection that does not exist."

"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."

"If it is love that you seek, seek it through God. Every other stream, not based in His love, poisons the one who drinks from it...when you do love, you will give to the creation—not for what you can get in return from them. You will love and you will give, but you will be sufficed from Him."

This is Love by Yasmin Mogahed