Life as it is..

Some chapters of life don’t actually have an apparent ending. They just fade away silently.

What happened to our longing?

What happened to all the vows and promises we made to ourselves and to Allah ﷻ?

Yaa Nafs,

When did we lose our way in this blessed path?

When did we get so busy with this dunya that we stopped thinking about the aakhirah?

Yaa Nafs,

What happened to our longing?

Did we forget all our tears and sacrifices that brought us this far?

Did we come this far, only to stop now and not move forward?

Yaa Nafs,

How did this dunya delude us so much, that we didn't even notice when our hearts began to harden and our souls began to die?

Do the screams of the ummah not reach our ears anymore?

Have our eyes turned blind to their blood and bones?

Yaa Nafs,

How did we let the dunya delude us so much?

“There is a subtle meaning here, for alongside His name "the Loving (al-Wadood)" He mentions His name *the Oft-Forgiving (al-Ghafoor)". So as to indicate that if the sinners repent to Allah and turn to Him, He will forgive their sins and love them, so that it cannot be said that He will forgive their sins but love will not be restored to them, as some erroneously suggested.

Rather Allah rejoices over the repentance of His slave when he repents, more than a man rejoices over his camel on which is his food and drink and all that he needs on his journey, which he loses in the rugged and dangerous wilderness, so he despairs of it and lies down in the shade of a tree to await death, then whilst he is in that state, his mount appears at his head, so he seizes its reins. Allah rejoices more over the repentance of His slave than this man rejoices over his mount, and this is a great joy that cannot be surpassed.

To Allah be praise and pure love; how great is His kindness and goodness, how abundant His grace and favour.”

و لكن السودان لا بواكي له