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22-02-05, 06:36 PM
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Walls
Inspired by Sh. Muhammad’s Tafseer Surat al-Baqara class
"The only limitation is in your mind." -- Sh. Muhammad
Behind the high, ornate walls of the royal palace, in a room immersed in shadows, a young prince lay shrouded in layers of deep, heavy cloth. Each morning, noon, and evening he is fed by servants the most elaborate dishes, and he occupies his time with trivia, games and the like, deprived of nothing he requests, but never leaving the comfort of the palace in which he resides. His arms and legs become weak from disuse, and his skin takes on a pale pallor from being forever indoors.
As he grows older, he grows restless and frustrated. From the arched windows of his home he watches the bright sun shimmer over green fields; the rain patter down, the flurry of snow in the wintertime, and the cycle of birth and death that comes with the seasons. Longing grows inside of him; but he is continuously assured that every comfort has been granted to him; and he is missing nothing. He begins to roam his constricted world, within the palace walls, finding satisfaction in nothing, embracing the overwhelming feelings of depression and hopelessness.
One day he sees from his bedside window a young bird, perched upon a branch, facing the sun. It slowly spread its newly formed wings, and with careful deliberation began its flight to the heavens. Inside the young prince a flame was ignited; and he desired nothing more than to feel such freedom.
You are imprisoned within the elaborate walls of this world. Each of your particular desires is catered to, and yet these cripple you without you knowing. Don’t you know what you are missing? Can’t you feel your restless soul, roaming in its internal cage, crying out for the freedom to soar? Your soul is of royal birth, ennobled by Allah the most High, enshrouded in dust, hidden away from its true purpose. And so you find yourself lost in depression because you have never seen beyond the palace walls.
Come out from your comfortable existence. Why do you shut out the sun? What is it you are you so afraid of?
Move beyond the limitations you have placed on yourself and embrace something new. Be courageous.
Turn your face to the sun - let your soul take it’s flight. Like a young bird you may falter at first, but soon you will soar, and as you roam in the vastness of the heavens the palace walls will seem like nothing.
Walls
Inspired by Sh. Muhammad’s Tafseer Surat al-Baqara class
"The only limitation is in your mind." -- Sh. Muhammad
Behind the high, ornate walls of the royal palace, in a room immersed in shadows, a young prince lay shrouded in layers of deep, heavy cloth. Each morning, noon, and evening he is fed by servants the most elaborate dishes, and he occupies his time with trivia, games and the like, deprived of nothing he requests, but never leaving the comfort of the palace in which he resides. His arms and legs become weak from disuse, and his skin takes on a pale pallor from being forever indoors.
As he grows older, he grows restless and frustrated. From the arched windows of his home he watches the bright sun shimmer over green fields; the rain patter down, the flurry of snow in the wintertime, and the cycle of birth and death that comes with the seasons. Longing grows inside of him; but he is continuously assured that every comfort has been granted to him; and he is missing nothing. He begins to roam his constricted world, within the palace walls, finding satisfaction in nothing, embracing the overwhelming feelings of depression and hopelessness.
One day he sees from his bedside window a young bird, perched upon a branch, facing the sun. It slowly spread its newly formed wings, and with careful deliberation began its flight to the heavens. Inside the young prince a flame was ignited; and he desired nothing more than to feel such freedom.
You are imprisoned within the elaborate walls of this world. Each of your particular desires is catered to, and yet these cripple you without you knowing. Don’t you know what you are missing? Can’t you feel your restless soul, roaming in its internal cage, crying out for the freedom to soar? Your soul is of royal birth, ennobled by Allah the most High, enshrouded in dust, hidden away from its true purpose. And so you find yourself lost in depression because you have never seen beyond the palace walls.
Come out from your comfortable existence. Why do you shut out the sun? What is it you are you so afraid of?
Move beyond the limitations you have placed on yourself and embrace something new. Be courageous.
Turn your face to the sun - let your soul take it’s flight. Like a young bird you may falter at first, but soon you will soar, and as you roam in the vastness of the heavens the palace walls will seem like nothing.