.
Starve the Ego, Feed the Soul“[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.” [73:9]
There are so many ayahs where Allah consoles the Prophet (sws) and when you read the seerah and know what was taking place at the time, you can truly get a glimpse of the pain and the difficulty and the sacrifices that our Messenger went through. SubhanAllah, it is so so heavy on the heart and the heart almost wants to break in love for him and in the desire to meet him, peace and blessings be upon him ♥
”And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance. And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.” [73:10-11]
Nov. 7, 2012. Indian child Rajesh, 8, reads from a black board painted on a building wall at a free school run under a metro bridge in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri.