We Live In What-ifs & We Die Certainly

Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

Abul ‘Āliyyah [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

“A time will come upon the people wherein there hearts will be devoid and derelict of the Qur’ān.

They will find neither sweetness nor acquire any delight by its recitation.

If they fall short of performing what they have been commanded to do, they will say: ‘Certainly, Allāh is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’

If they commit that which they have been forbidden from doing, they will say: ‘We shall be forgiven, we have not associated any partners unto Allāh.’

Their affairs will be based on covetousness [and false hope], possessing no truth [and no sincerity].”

Kitāb az-Zuhd, 1714 | Al-Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali رحمه الله said:

“How can a believer not shed tears at the departure of Ramadan, when he doesn’t even know whether he’ll be alive for its return or not?”

‎[لطائف المعارف ص ٢١٧]

May Allah allow us to witness plenty more Ramadan’s.

  ― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

[text ID: Is it possible that our parents never die, that every child inevitably conceals them in himself?]

“Bear patiently, my heart — for you have suffered heavier things.”

- Homer, Odyssey

‏تمادينا بالتفكير ونسينا بأن الأقدار مكتوبة

We went too far in thinking and forgot that destinies are written.

- Mahmoud Darwish

“Read to me”

“why?”

“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

- Alex light , The Upside of Falling.