the religion of Islam protects the believers. whatever Allah ordained and prohibited protects the believers. and Allah’s Mercy surpasses His Wrath.

i have come to the realisation that nothing in this world is more valuable than submitting to, and acknowledging, and knowing Allah and His beautiful religion. even if i knew it before this, this realisation comes in a different perspective that directly impacts the way i see things in my life now.

some things are never meant to happen. and some things are meant to happen in the manner and the way that they happened. nothing could have stopped anything, or even conspire something to happen if it wasnt decreed by Allah.

and whatever He gives, is the best for us, despite us feeling or thinking otherwise.

and contrary to popular opinions, sometimes you don’t have to understand the reason why things happen or don’t happen. things are just like that sometimes. we might not comprehend the wisdom behind something until years later or even never. but we need to understand that it is ok not to know, not to understand. there need not be a closure.

and that it is ok not to make people understand our intentions, or if we have repented from our ways, or if we have changed in any way at all. because sometimes life happens in a way that we and other people are collateral damage in one another’s life. and sometimes it’s a bitter pill in our throat for a long time. to swallow it takes a lot of courage and strength.

but you know what? it is enough for you that Allah knows. it is enough for you that Allah knows what you have done or what you have been through or the struggles to rectify yourself or anything at all. Allah knows and He is enough for you. you don’t have to prove it to anyone or say anything to anyone to make things ‘better’.

swallow that pill no matter how bitter it is and keep putting one foot forward again and again until you reach a better place. and being with Allah is the best place to be. being mindful of Allah, returning all affairs to Him, submitting and glorifying Him despite whatever life throws at you, and also complaining of your grief and sorrows only to Him.

because no one else would understand the way He will. and there are no one else that you can rely on for help other than Him. make time for your Lord in the early mornings and cry out to Him. call out to Him. He is there for you all the time.

this life is short. take whatever shortcomings you have and rectify them. whatever bad you have done in the past, rectify it if you can, with other people, but otherwise, shut that door. it’s in the past.

all those almosts, all whose what-ifs… they didnt become a reality and did not happen for a reason which only Allah knows. and He knows everything while we don’t. it takes a long time and effort to submit to all His decree… but may He make us patient in accepting it all.

may He make us patient in abstaining from sins and prohibitions, in obeying Him, in striving for His pleasure, in seeking beneficial knowledge, in opposing our desires, in repelling the worldly things in life.

time is slipping out our fingers like sand. let’s race in doing goodness and in seeking His forgiveness, while we still can.