Shatteredinks-blog - Faani

"This woman who sees without being seen frustrates the colonizer. There is no reciprocity. She does not yield herself, does not give herself, does not offer herself."

— Frantz Fanon

𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦...𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

- 𝘚𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘳

the best thing I ever did was believe in myself

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.