Leila: Rasulullah (peace be upon him) was the best of mankind. He was so patient.
Dania: But we're not him, Leila. I can't be that patient.
Leila: Yes we are not him but he is the best example for us.
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Leila: Masya Allah look at that sister, she's so amazing fighting for her Deen. Don't you want to be just like her and better?
Dania: Yeah Alhamdulillah. That's just the way she is. I don't think I can be like that. I can't imagine myself that way.
Leila: Why?
Dania: I mean look at me.
Leila: What's wrong with you?
Dania: Do I look like I can be that person?
Leila: Of course. You don't have to be her. You just have to be you but better. We all have our own specialties.
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Dania: I think I'll stay this way.
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Why do we put a limit to our own growth? Why do we put a full-stop when where we are at is just a comma? Why are we defining our own future of hopelessness? Have we forgotten that with a "kun fayakun" Allah can make things happen? He made us happen.
Why do we put excuses such as we can't be Rasulullah (peace be upon him), or we can't be like the sahabah, or we can't be like the great leaders of all time? Like we are such futile beings? Why? I can understand excuses for people of the past but even with the people of the present who are moving forward, we are making excuses too. Why?
Have we forgotten that Allah has chosen us for a purpose? And now we're losing our own meaning. Slowly making choices that are distancing us from feeding our souls. Slowly making a choice that we are okay as we are- that we are too tired to fight a fight that we think is losing- that staying means being strangers compared to the norm of the society.
A fallen leaf who's letting herself be blown by the wind. Why are you not resisting? Your tree grew strong roots just so you can exist and make the world a greener and better place but you lost your will and weakened your root. So now you fall... and slowly... wither.
