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December 3, 2024
Yet the people who broke me were not to blame any more than gravity can be blamed for breaking the vase.
Our weight was only meant to be carried by God. We are told in the Qur’an: "…whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things." (Qur’an, 2: 256)
There is a crucial lesson in this verse: that there is only one hand-hold that never breaks. There is only one place where we can lay our dependencies. There is only one relationship that should define our self-worth and only one source from which to seek our ultimate happiness, fulfillment, and security. That place is God.
down. A question about seeking something and coming back empty handed.
We, as humans, are made to seek, love, and strive for what is perfect and what is permanent.
Pain is a form of forced detachment.
"Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves." (Qur’an, 13:11)
was attached to people. I was attached to moments. I was attached to emotions.
I gave my blood, sweat, and tears to this endeavor: making the dunya into jannah.
Seek the help of people—but realize that it is not the people (or even your own self) that can save you. Only Allah can do these things. The people are only tools, a means used by God.
How can we hope to find constancy if what we hold on to is inconstant and perishing?
Don’t let your definition of success, failure, or self-worth be anything other than your position with Him (Qur’an, 49:13). And if you do this, you become unbreakable, because your hand-hold is unbreakable. You become unconquerable, because your supporter can never be conquered. And you will never become empty, because your source of fulfillment is unending and never diminishes.
The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts.
In every bad situation we’re in, there is always something to be grateful for. With hardship, Allah also gives us the strength and patience to bear it.
If you wronged me today, it was because you no longer cared about me—not because this was one moment of a string of infinite moments which happened to be tinted that way, or because you and I and this life just aren’t perfect.
