Asma Maryam Ali

May Allah SWT accept this effort and bless it. Please feel free to comment on or question anything you like :)

Words are indeed risky business to me, so I hesitate (and hesitate and hesitate) to write anything.

I heard a beautiful khatira from a dear sister last night after isha. She reminded us that ikhlas (usually translated as sincerity) really means loyalty to Allah SWT. It is, in essence, to commit our hearts solely to Him. How can we make this act desirable to ourselves when there are so many objects of love out there?  

I benefitted from this prayer:

 (My Lord,) 

If I could only find sweetness in You while the rest of life is bitter,
And if You would only be pleased with me though the rest are angry.
If only my relationship with You would flourish,
Even as the rest of my world crumbles.
If I know of Your love then all else is easy,
For everything on this earth is nothing more than dust.

(From ‘Ikhlas: Reflections on Sincerity’ by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi)

The beauty of these words are their focus: the abd is more in search of the love of His Lord, than detachment from this world. He sees something beyond the world that makes the world miniscule in his eyes.

 May we all find the love of Allah SWT in our lives.

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