Ramblings...

I had a Rambling like chat on my WhatsApp Status yesterday , and I thought to keep it here, as a letter.

BismiLlah.

Lately, I’ve been asked “How is your preparation for Ramadan?” more times than I can count. And my answer has been the same every time:

"I just want to surrender."

No loft goals, no piled up requests.

I just wanna surrender

🙇‍♀️🧎‍♀️these emojis represent my mood😂😂

I used to enter Ramadan with goals, with plans, with the hope of doing more, being better. But this year is different.

I am just here, I bet you already know why. (Pray for my father please)

After a while, it occurred to me maybe that's exactly what I (you, we) need sometimes.

Maybe this is the Ramadan of letting go. Not in a way that means giving up, but in a way that means giving in—to Allah’s will, to His Mercy, to the reality that we don’t have to hold everything together.

Maybe this is the kind of energy some of us need this year.

A Ramadan of surrender, of letting go, releasing the weight of grief, of exhaustion, of life itself that has settled deep in our bones.

Maybe it is time to surrender fully, completely without resistance.

To Allah's will, His mercy, His timing.

To show up as exactly as WE ARE.(Tired, broken, exhausted, angry) with whatever we have, and trust that He will carry us through.

And maybe... that is enough.

Point of all these ejo wewe?

To YOU

If all you're able to whisper this Ramadan is "Ya Allah"

It is enough, He understands!

If all you're able to do is sit in silence, with tears. He sees.

If all you're able to do is surrender your weary heart, and simply exist in His presence.

You're not failing, you're handing over your brokenness to the one who mends all things.

This is getting longer than I planned.

May this Ramadan be one where we truly feel Allah's presence, where His mercy envelops us, and where we experience true peace as we SURRENDER.

JazakAllahu khayran for reading.

Your Du’a Buddy.

Aayah.