If you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His Sun. Mogahed holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies from the Islamic American University. Qur’an, 2: 256) There is a crucial lesson in this verse: that there is only one hand-hold that never breaks. Greatness is for those who see love, betrayal, disappointments, cravings, desires, needs, and wants, as materials of this world. She is considered to be one of the most influential Muslim women of her generation, and her work has inspired countless people around the world.

And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men. It is a book which allows the reader to clearly distinguish between their cravings, needs, desires, and the biddings of the Lord of the worlds. This book was written to awaken the heart and provide a new perspective on love, loss, happiness, and pain. It teaches perseverance, patience, hope in no one but in Allah alone, it teaches the purification of one’s heart from material elements that are poised towards staining and swaying the heart away from the remembrance of the creator. Yasmin Mogahed has a significant online following, particularly on social media, where she regularly shares her insights and reflections on self-improvement, spiritual growth, and emotional healing through Islamic spirituality.For true love lies in sanctifying one’s heart for the one whose love was the first and will be the last — Allah! When we miss a plane, lose a job, or find ourselves unable to marry the person we want, have we ever stopped to consider the possibility that it may have been for our own good?

The gift—that should have remained in our hands—takes over our heart, so the fear of losing it consumes us. The heart remains an individual’s most important treasure, and for a Muslim, the heart is a sanctuary of ravishing ambiance — if taken care of.The mind and the heart that was created by Allah, for Allah, becomes the property of someone or something else. Life is a fleeting place of enjoyment, a place where hopes are dashed, where disappointments are spread far and wide for all to see, where aspirations are cut short, where love is nothing but a speckle of dust, where betrayal is rubbed on the face of many, where cravings are just another mirage, a reflection of the ephemeral nature of life.

The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith). Many of us live our lives, entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment.Allah tells us in the Qur’an: “…But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you.

We must place life in our hands, not in our hearts, for whatever is placed in the hand can be dropped with ease, while what we hold dear in our heart is always difficult to let go. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer.Through the loss, we reach a level of sincerity and humility and dependence on Him which we would otherwise not reach—had it not been taken from us. A manual of sorts, Reclaim Your Heart will teach readers how to live in this life without allowing life to own you. When we are given hardship, or feel pain, we often fail to consider that the experience may be the direct cause or result of another action or experience. In her powerful new book, Yasmin Mogahed shows readers how to break free from the harmful beliefs and patterns that keep them from achieving true happiness. Like the loved one who hurts you again and again and again, the more dunya hurts us, the more we inevitably detach from it.