❤︎ ‏اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎

Before we start, I want you to answer this question honestly “If you died today, would your life have meaning beyond your possessions and titles?”

Keep that answer in your mind as we continue.

Growing up, I thought my only purpose was to live life to the fullest so I wouldn’t die with regrets.

You know, the kind of mindset we see all over Instagram and YouTube these days?

I had a notebook, and on the very first page, I wrote: "One day, you'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember." — a lyric from a song by Avicii.

I literally had this intense burn to live like a rockstar.

Not to be answerable or dependant on anyone.

For me, success meant chasing thrills, ticking off bucket list adventures, and making sure I had stories worth telling.

Little did I know, those stories and the people I was collecting them for, would lead me further away from what truly mattered.

The truth?

The people I spent those years with glorifying the haram are no longer a part of my life.

So, let me ask you this, ‘The ones you’re indulging in haram with, the ones helping you justify your actions under the banner of "modern era" or "feminism", can they save you from the Hellfire?’ or ‘On the Day of Judgment, will they stand beside you or run from you?’

These fleeting moments where you think you feel most alive, will they be the ones to lead you to Jannah?

Or are you just living in delusion?

Either way, being a part of this beautiful Ummah of Rasool Allah ﷺ, you need a wake-up call.

• A call to stand firm on the path our beloved Prophet ﷺ walked.

• A path that Allah has intended for us.

• A path that will lead straight to Jannah.

Never forget, it’s never too late to turn back to Allah.

The Search for Purpose

We are logical creatures, right? Allāh has granted us intellect, knowledge, and the power of reasoning, Alhamdulillāh. We are not like animals, who act on instinct and immediate needs.

Instead, Allāh has bestowed upon us the capacity to think, to know, and to choose our path.

This ability is actually a gift, one that comes with immense responsibility. It’s through this intellect that we can go through life’s challenges since childhood-

• I want my mom.

• I’m hungry, I need food.

• This is my favorite toy.

• She is my best friend.

• I want to go to this university.

• I want to become an astronaut.

• I want to earn, I want to eat good food, I want to get married, I want to do this and that… and the list goes on and on.

How do we make these decisions in life?

Through the intellect that Allāh granted us.

And with that same intellect, it is our responsibility to ask ourselves: “Why do I merely exist?” “What am I doing on this earth?” “Am I just created to be?” “What is my purpose?” “How can I find my purpose?”

You owe it to yourself to understand the reason behind your existence.

If you think the only reason you’re alive is to earn money so you can live comfortably—isn’t that just sad?

You’re limiting the purpose of your existence to nothing more than your own imagination.

Expand your mind to the possibility that your existence means more than just growing up, working a 9-to-5, retiring, and then fading away.

Look around you

Everything on this earth has a purpose.

The sun rises to give light, the moon guides the night, the wind carries life, and animals fulfill their roles in the balance of nature.

Don’t you think that if Allāh has created humans with such superior qualities like intellect, consciousness, the ability to choose between right and wrong, the kind of qualities that no other living being on this earth possesses, then our purpose must be far greater than that of the sun, moon, wind, and animals?

They fulfill their roles without question, yet we were given the ability to think, to seek, and to serve a higher purpose.

So the question remains: "What is your purpose, and how can you find it?"

If you ask a non-believer, their answer would probably be helping others, taking care of family, travelling the world, dedicating life to their children, and so on.

And don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with caring about these things.

But to tie your entire purpose to mere 50–80 years of life? That seems sad to me.

Real purpose is something you take to your grave, something that carries into the Hereafter.

Imagine standing before Allāh and saying, "Ya Allāh, I fulfilled what You sent me to this earth for."

True purpose is eternal. It’s not something that simply ends when you die now, is it?

The Awakening

Let me share an incident that happened to me. For a long time, I saw it as just a normal tragedy. But about a year ago, it suddenly hit me.

There was construction going on in our house,we were renovating, and a new room was being built. At that time, I was just five months old.

My sister was playing with me in the room where a wall had been constructed the day before. My mother was in the kitchen, cooking, and my brother was struggling to dial a number, repeatedly getting it wrong.

After several failed attempts, my sister got up to help him. The moment she left my side, the wall behind me collapsed, right onto my tiny body.

A five-month-old, buried under rubble, bricks, stones, cement. It was a massive wall.

The loud crash sent my mother running. When she entered the room, all she saw was a pile of debris where I had been just moments ago.

Panic took over. She frantically started removing the bricks, her hands trembling, her heart racing. And then she saw it.

A glimpse of red.

The tiny red dress I was wearing. She grabbed hold of it and pulled me out.

I was barely breathing.

Fear spread through the house.

My mother held me in her arms, crying. My father was called, and he rushed home, only to witness a scene he never could have imagined that his baby, lifeless in my mother's hands.

The family gathered, trying to console my parents as they held on to me, their hearts sinking.

They rushed me to the hospital. The doctors checked everything, CT scans, X-rays, the works. And then came the words no one expected:

"It’s a miracle. She’s perfectly fine."

Not a single broken bone.

Imagine a five-month-old baby, fragile, buried under a wall of bricks and cement, yet untouched by harm, Alhamdulillāh.

You know what that was?

That was Allāh saving me.

Because I had a purpose on this earth.

I wasn’t just meant to die as a nobody.

I was meant to live and to die fulfilling what I was created for.

It wasn’t my time to die yet, so Allāh let me live.

He gave me a chance to prove my existence, to fulfill my purpose.

But I didn’t realize this until last year.

Honestly, dig deeper.

Tap into your potential.

Ask the hard questions about your existence.

Because if you don’t, you might just waste your life being nothing, only to die as a nobody.

I like to call this story as “The Wall That Fell, The Purpose That Rose” ;)

O muslims, open your eyes!

Let me ask you this.

Do you know why you are a Muslim?

You are not a Muslim because you simply want to be one.
You are not a Muslim just because your parents are Muslim.
You are not a Muslim merely because you were born into Islam.
You are not a Muslim by coincidence or chance.

You are a Muslim because Allāh chose you with a purpose, with a plan.

YOU are a Muslim because none of the other billion people could fulfill the purpose that Allāh chose for YOU.

You are so special, O عَبْدُ الله, that out of billions of people, Allāh honored you to be His slave.

He chose you to give da’wah, to spread Islam.

Only you can fulfill your purpose.
Not your parents.
Not your friends.
Not your family.
YOU.

Now, read what Allāh says in the Qur’ān ↓

Our sole purpose of existence is worshiping Allāh.

You were not created to be a slave to a system, a slave to this world, or a slave to your nafs.

You are special because you carry the essence of Islam.

The Islam that honors women, honors parents, and teaches us to live on this earth only to please Allāh سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى.

But look around, what have we reduced our purpose to?

Chasing the best nightclub in the city?
Singing along at a Coldplay concert?
Dancing to music, indulging in zinā, earning harām without a second thought about the One who actually provides for us?

Everything Allāh has forbidden, we have immersed ourselves in.

We, as an Ummah, have lost ourselves so deeply that we barely even know what Islam truly is anymore.

Imagine being created for such a powerful purpose, only to trade it for a few fleeting moments of worldly pleasure سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ

But Islam never told you to abandon the Dunyā and focus only on Dīn.

Allāh gave us responsibilities.
Families to feed.
Parents to care for.
Communities to support.

Islam teaches balance. Our purpose is not worldly distractions, but worldly responsibilities, tied with the right intention.

So how do you fulfill your purpose?

Take care of your parents for Allāh.
Earn money for Allāh.
Raise your children for Allāh.
Treat your spouse with kindness for Allāh.
Give Sadaqah for Allāh.

For a believer, Deen and Dunyā are linked.

Leaving you with this ↓

You’ve read this letter but now you don’t know where to start, right?

Let me help you.

First, get up.

Make wudū’, pray two rak‘ahs, and repent. 

Cry your heart out to your Rabb.

Ask Him to guide you.

Start small but start now.

Begin with the Qur’ān, read it with tafsīr.
Strengthen your relationship with your parents.
Cut off harām friendships and relationships.
Unfollow celebrities or influences that pull you away from Allāh.

Everything you desire, you will get it in Jannah in a way beyond imagination.
But you will never get this chance to worship Allāh again.

Don’t let these few years on earth strip you away from an eternity in Jannah.

Remember: If you change today, your family will too.
Your kids will. Their kids will. Generations will.

You will start a chain rooted in purpose.
You will be the pioneer of this change.

Now, imagine standing before Allāh, saying:

"Yā Allāh, I did it… I did it for You."

There is no tomorrow. All you have is NOW.

So I ask you again, “If you died today, would your life have meaning beyond your possessions and titles?”

Until the next letter, stay steadfast, stay sincere.

With love,
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Jazāk Allāhu khayran for being part of this journey with me.