Dear Husband, Everywhere is A Dying City

I understand why overthinking is a bad habit, not just a psychological issue, sometimes it can even lead to sins—lots of them. But we live in a dying city, although just like in everywhere else. It's so tiring to see such a fast-paced world. No rest, no emotion, people race to reach higher places... Although how high is high enough? I don't know.

I'm dreaming of a simple and unsophisticated life. Anyway in the surah Quraish, a blessed person has enough to eat and is safe against fear. No Ferrari, no 4-storey house, no Gucci... Just a simple meal and protection. And yes, that's true... How much can you eat before your stomach exploded? 

We don't need a lot...

We just need simple things...

الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُمْ مِنْ جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُمْ مِنْ خَوْفٍ (4)

But today, even food and security is a privilege, so are housing, clothing, healthcare, and education.

Indeed, we live in a crossroad of ideologies. This world—that's dying—has developed Capitalism to its finest. That's why, again, it's dying.

While the ideal—that's deemed utopian by the people and thus abandoned—is the one that we chose to believe could re-arrange the world. Islam.

By that, by counter-attacking the status quo, we should expect a bumpy road ahead. But even a bumpy road has checkpoints... gas station... rest area... masajid?

Even a thunderous sea could hinder a smooth-sailing ship. But if it's wrecked, you and I still could swim to get to the harbors, right?

Dear husband, and we're not alone. We still have The One and Only, Illahi Rabbi, Allah subhanahu wata'ala.

He won't let us drown uselessly.

Perhaps in the midst of that bumpy road, He would give us a Jeep.

Or before that ship is wrecked, He would give us a helicopter. 😅

Or kind-hearted people to meet...

It means, there's a lot of things in the future we don't know yet. As mysterious as it is, Allah Knows it all. 

Believe that He does His part.

And let us do our part...

As a team,

would you?

.

Earth, 14 June 2025

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