Dear Rayne: 1 Mankind is Weak
Bismillaah. All praise is to Allaah Lord and Cherisher of the worlds. I testify that none and nothing has the right to be worshiped except Allah alone and Muhammad is His Final Messenger.
I write this for my beautiful darling daughter in the hope one day she will somehow find this letter. I miss you, may Allah bless you and forgive you wherever you happen to fall short. As mankind has been created weak and often commits error falling short of perfection. I often think about you. And wander what you might be learning in school. I hope you pay close attention in school and always stay in school. I pray you have a love and awe for learning and enjoy yourself studiously. I miss attending school very much when I was your age. I used to wake up too early for school excitedly anticipating the new day’s teaching. It was so refreshing to put my pencil to paper and hand to keyboard writing my notes from lectures. It opened my eyes to the size of the world and how miraculously we all co-exist on this planet. With so many different cultures, religions and politics it’s really a testament to a Creator. We are so small and weak even in comparison to the ant which carries ten times its own weight. And the fly which when snatches something from us we can not get back.
Allah says,
“And if the fly snatches a thing from them, they will have no power to release it from the fly. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought.”
Quran (22:73)
Our lifespans are short and our capabilities limited, we resort to the Almighty knowing we resort to the Almighty the most firm hand hold and trust.
Though we may be what seems lifespans apart never to see each other we are still under the same moon, stars and sun. I pray for you and strive for you though you may never be able to witness it. I pray one day before Judgment Day we will be blessed to share our days together and enjoy the company peacefully and happily. I love you my sweet and beautiful daughter. I am sorry if it feels like I have let you down and don’t love you. I am sorry I am so weak and my capabilities so little that I have been unsuccessful in being closer with you. I pray you will find forgiveness and mercy in your heart in dealing with me. I hope your step mom and dad have done well by you and you are happy. I pray for your safety and security in this world as well as in the next which will last forever. Some will reside forever in eternal bliss, they shall have no fear on them nor shall they grieve. They will enter Paradise with greetings of Peace and know their rightful homes better then we know our homes in this life. And some will be forced into couches of punishment in a boiling heated abyss of painful and humiliating torment. They will be given a boiling fluid of puss and blood to drink and a thorny tree to eat. They will request for different food and be told that just as they refused to believe in Allaah (with fear and revere Him alone) they too will now be ignored in their requests for an ease of punishment and change in conditions. We beg Allaah’s forgiveness and seek refuge in Him from His punishment and displeasure. We pray we see His blessed face and meet His pleasure. We pray He blesses us to reside in the Highest of His Paradise clothed with the clothes of Tooba forever.
I love you my darling and may God bless you.
