To cage one's own heart willingly...

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I hear a kind of sorrow in that idea, someone so attuned to others that they disappear from their own care. Here’s a poem around that feeling: There lives a soul who reads the ache In trembling smiles that others fake, Who hears the grief in laughter’s sound, And kneels where silent wounds are found. A keeper of unspoken fears, A witness soft to hidden tears, They gather storms from weary skies And hold them gently, asking, “Why?” How strange, how pitiful the art, To know each fracture of a heart, Yet turn no lantern to one’s own, And make of sorrow flesh and bone. For they will calm another’s sea, Whilst drowning where none care to see; Will stitch the wounds on stranger’s skin, Yet leave their own to ache within. They understand too much, perhaps, The grief between affection’s gaps, The trembling guilt, the sharpened shame, The quiet hurt with no true name. And so they bend, and so they stay, To light the dark in others’ way; Till kindness, noble though it seems, Consumes the keeper ...
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Women should not be sad.

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Imagine moonlight whispering secrets to a flower bowed by dew. That's the tenderness in Allah's words to women in the Quran: 

"Do not be sad." 

These aren't just words; they are luminous embraces meant to soothe the soul.
See how gently He speaks: 
"So that her eyes may find coolness and she would not grieve." (Al-Qasas)
 It's like a soft hand wiping away tears. 
Again, 
"That their eyes may find comfort and they may not grieve." (Al-Ahzab) 
A promise of solace. Even in moments of great trial, "Do not grieve," (Maryam) a whisper of hope. 
And again, a double blessing: "Do not fear and do not grieve." (Al-Qasas)

Why this repeated tenderness? Because Allah, in His infinite wisdom, understands that a woman's sorrow resonates deeply. It's not a fleeting shadow, but a storm that can shake her very core, dimming her light, weakening her strength, and stealing her peace.

He sees the delicate architecture of her heart and knows how profoundly sadness can settle within her. It travels beyond tears, touching her very heartbeat, the wellspring of her being, the rhythm of her life.

And because He knows, He speaks with such gentle reassurance: "Do not grieve. Do not be afraid. Let your eyes find serenity." He shields not just her body, but the delicate landscape of her emotions, her dignity, her inner calm.

Even towards mothers, His command is imbued with profound respect: "Do not say to them [even] 'uff'." (Al-Isra) 
For He understands the weight of words and the precious fragility of her heart. Her worth, in His eyes, is immense.



So, if you are a woman carrying a quiet sorrow, if your nights are witnesses to silent tears, know this truth: Your sadness is seen by the Divine. Your tears are precious. Your pain is acknowledged, and your healing is written in the book of destiny.

He repeats this gentle command not for Himself, but so that you may remember, in the depths of your being: You are cherished, you are not alone. "Do not be sad."

May Allah heal every broken heart
especially the hearts that break in silence. Aameen💕

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