This dunia is not without pain, one is reminded of this bittersweet fact every now and then. I, an average human being, experience my own share of tribulations and the desolation I've come to associate with it. Familiarity does not breed fondness. Intimacy yes, but not necessarily the loving kind.
But now, I remind myself that: 'God is nearer to us than even our carotid artery' (one of my favourite quotes from Sh. Hamza Yusuf = which is actually an ayah in the Qur'an as a friend pointed out in the comments) and this phrase from a supplication I recently learned:
la maljak wala manja minka illa ilaik
(There is no safe haven and refuge from You except to You)
So I mull this over and pray to God to endow my heart with the strength that I need. He is afterall the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. One knows this common fact but one can also be actively conscious of this. The remembrance of God alone is a light lit from the inside. It envelops, it warms, it shields.
That jugular vein quote is actually an ayat quran la pots.
ReplyDeleteAh, I see. Thanks! No wonder it resonates so much. This is my problem really, I hear things, I jot them down but when the source isn't cited outright I, in all my inadequacies don't really know the name of the oceans from which these pearls come from. Kena baca qur'an lagi banyak nih.
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