{"title":"Yasmin Mogahed","description":"\u003cp\u003eYasmin Mogahed is a contemporary American writer and speaker whose reflections on the heart, hardship, love, and reliance upon Allah have reached a wide international readership. She holds degrees in Psychology and Journalism from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has spent many years writing and speaking on the inner life of the believer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe is best known for her book \u003cem\u003eReclaim Your Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of reflections on freeing the heart from the transient attachments of this world and returning it to Allah. Below is a selection of her available titles at The Islamic Book Cafe.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"reclaim-your-heart","title":"Reclaim Your Heart By Yasmin Mogahed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReclaim Your Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a book about redemption, hope, about renewal. Every heart can heal, and each moment is created to bring us closer to that transformative return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReclaim Your Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is about finding that moment when everything stops and suddenly looks different. It is about finding your own awakening. And then returning to the better, truer, and freer version of yourself. Many of us live our lives, entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment. Many of us have no idea why this happens. Reclaim Your Heart is about freeing the heart from this slavery. It is about the journey out of life's most deceptive traps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was written to awaken the heart and provide a new perspective on love, loss, happiness, and pain. Providing a manual of sorts, Reclaim Your Heart will teach readers how to live in this life without allowing life to own you. It is a manual on how to protect your most prized possession: the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cDNN4FpQk7I\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDIFY Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43899561148729,"sku":"TIBC0186","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9306\/2201\/files\/20250607-120700.jpg?v=1749323402"},{"product_id":"love-and-happiness","title":"Love and Happiness | A Collection of Personal Reflections, Thoughts and Quotes By Yasmin Mogahed","description":"\u003cp\u003ePain is real. Loss is real. And for many Muslims navigating life in a world that often feels relentless, the struggle to hold onto hope, meaning, and inner peace is equally real. \u003cstrong\u003eLove and Happiness\u003c\/strong\u003e by Yasmin Mogahed is a collection of personal reflections, thoughts, and quotes written for those moments — the ones when the weight of what we carry threatens to overwhelm us, and when we need to be reminded that there is still light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA Voice for the Struggle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYasmin Mogahed writes with the kind of honesty that comes from lived experience. Love and Happiness does not pretend that the path is easy or that faith eliminates difficulty. It acknowledges loneliness, defeat, disappointment, and the exhaustion of chasing things in this dunya that were never going to satisfy. But it also points, consistently and persistently, toward something more stable — toward Allah, toward meaning, toward the kind of love and happiness that does not depend on the fading things of this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eReflections, Thoughts, and Quotes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is organized as a series of short reflections and quotes rather than long chapters — making it ideal for dipping in and out of, returning to particular passages, or reading a few lines when time is short but the heart needs something. Each entry is self-contained, which means the book can be read from beginning to end or opened at random and still offer something of value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Central Message\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thread running through the entire book is a simple but profound Islamic truth: that the human heart was not made for this world. It was made for something greater, and the pain we feel when we place our hearts in the things of this dunya — in people, in status, in outcomes — is a signal, not a sentence. Love and Happiness gently, repeatedly, and eloquently points the reader back toward the One their heart was made for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove and Happiness is the book for the Muslim who is going through something difficult and needs to be reminded of what is real and what is not. It is equally suited to those who are not in crisis but want a collection of Islamic wisdom to return to regularly as a source of grounding and perspective. It makes a thoughtful and meaningful gift. 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It is a book about the emptiness that every human being carries — the hollowness that no amount of achievement, distraction, or human connection fully resolves — and what Islam says about where that emptiness comes from and what alone can fill it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Yasmin Mogahed, \u003cstrong\u003eHealing the Emptiness\u003c\/strong\u003e addresses the reader at the level of the heart — examining the attachments, the losses, the broken relationships, and the unfulfilled expectations that leave people feeling incomplete, and drawing on the Qur'an and the prophetic tradition to offer a path toward genuine healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat This Book Covers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Source of the Emptiness\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's foundation is the Islamic understanding that the human heart was created to know and be connected to Allah — and that any emptiness felt is ultimately the result of that connection being weakened or broken. Every chapter returns to this truth in a different form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAttachment and Loss\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMogahed examines the human tendency to attach the heart to what cannot bear its weight — people, status, achievements, and the promises of this life — and the grief and emptiness that follow when those things are taken away or prove insufficient. 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