I was having a conversation with my best friend a few hours ago; she asked me how I was doing & how Ramadan was going so far. I paused for a moment before I answered & all I could come up with was Alhamdulilah.

Alhamdulilah Ramadan has been good. Alhamdulilah I’ve been feeling very grounded. I’ve not felt that way in a while. And it’s not that I do not have worries that keep me anxious but there’s been a wave of calm over me since Ramadan started, a feeling of comfort that everything is going to be okay. Perhaps it’s because I’ve really been spending time with the Qur’an and immersing myself in it, hence my heart is being receptive and being moved. I pray it is so and I pray may Allah make my heart a worthy receptor of His words, Amīn.

After all Allah does say about the Qur’an:

“O humanity! Indeed, there has come to you instructions from your Lord, a cure for what is in the hearts, a guide, and a mercy for the believers.” [10:57].

As I spend time with the Qur’an this Ramadan, I pray may Allah use it to guide me, allow it to be a cure for worries, anxieties, doubts & ailments & a mercy through which I extend His mercy to those around me. Amīn.

As I recited through Juz 5 today, I read through Surah An-Nisa, ayah 28. I couldn’t move past it. I repeated the ayah a few times, allowing the words to settle in my heart, to be comforted by the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

“And it is Allah’s Will to lighten your burdens, for humankind was created weak.” [4:28]

A part of me still feels like the shoe is going to drop anytime soon but until then I’m going to allow my heart to bask in the tranquility that has come with this blessed month. I’m allowing myself to feel and sit with this calmness. I pray may Allah allow it to be a calmness that has come to stay. Allahumma Amīn ya Rabb

With love,
Ibtisam