“I understand now,” he said as he sat on his prayer mat. He understood and was in awe. Nothing had gone his way but a warm feeling spread in his chest. His efforts had seemingly mounted to nothing and the people pitied him but for once this didn’t knock him. He knew the Hand that moved this universe was the Hand that turned his life.

“Failure” they said. But in a world where every day was another chance to make an effort, ‘failing’ seemed almost natural. In a world where we’ve been given the Divine instruction to ‘Work!’, ‘Make effort!’ and ‘Try again!’, failing didn’t seem so scary but merely just part of the journey.

 

“Fear not the people, but fear Me.” [al-Ma’idah: 44]

“I understand,” he said again, as he realized the absence of fear in his heart was what allowed the warm feeling to spread. Slowly he got up from his prayer mat, folded it away, and walked back out into the world. Fearless and with an acknowledging heart, he was now unstoppable.