"All Praise Be To Allah In Every Situation!!!"
To God we belong and to Him we return. May you have a high station in Jannah, Marcellus Williams.
I am in Portugal now yet the US still affects me.
Today, my tasks are half finished. Not my cries, though. They started in sujood during fajr prayer, taking breaks throughout the day. My only solace is that I am not alone. Friends open their apps and are shocked the same way, and cry the same way, and maybe want to punch the wall the same way.
We have to live our lives like the world around us isn’t happening.
Do I need to tell you? Do I need to tell you that genocide continues in Gaza, now in Lebanon, and still has the US’ name all over it?
Do I need to tell you about Marcellus Williams?
Have you seen a picture of him? If you don’t know, his face is what noor looks like.
Today I was reminded that God loves him and only the believers can understand this. Only the believers want their last words to be like Marcellus Williams.
If a Black father on death row can have these last words, if a Palestinian mother holding a bag full of body pieces of her child can say similar words, then I can say Alhamdulillah with every tear.
the end.
I used to read about the difficulties of the prophet (saaw) and his companions and he just seemed like a superhero, a non-real person.
Marcellus Williams and the parents in Gaza are so clearly HERE though. In the world I live in. And they shock me. I don't know how to square it. I don't know how to square my complaining and ridiculously low capacity with the incredible patience of these angels on earth. Thank you for writing this.
"We have to live our lives like the world around us isn’t happening." Ugh, yes. Every word, but these especially.