Maryam Amir – When someone you love passes away

			When someone you love passes away,
there's so much regret sometimes,
		

			and if you're not with them when
they pass away, you can also worry
		

			about what it was like for them in
those moments. And of course, I
		

			think most of us, if afraid of
what it's going to be like for us,
		

			too. But Abu Bakr talked about an
ayah in the Quran, and he asked
		

			some of the companions the meaning
of it. Companions said that this
		

			verse is talking about those who
commit no sins. Abu Bakr responded
		

			by saying, you've given it a
meaning that it doesn't have. This
		

			verse is not about those who don't
commit any sins. It's about those
		

			who steadfastly believe in God and
worship him directly. In this
		

			verse, Allah talks about angels
who come. They say, Don't be
		

			afraid and don't be sad that we
grieve. We grieve. The pain of
		

			losing someone is is a pain that
never goes away. It might be less
		

			sharp every single minute, but
it's always there, and sometimes
		

			with that, there's regret, just
immense regret for not having been
		

			able to say goodbye and for not
doing more while we had the
		

			opportunity to but I want to share
with you what nohari shared with
		

			me. She shared that goodbye is not
in a moment, it's in a lifetime of
		

			exchanging acts of love and
expression of compassion. I think
		

			all of us are going to regret that
we didn't do more, couldn't do
		

			more, but knowing that we tried,
and that that person knew that we
		

			loved them that is so much greater
than just a moment of goodbye.
		

			It's so comforting to know that
the one who created us is a
		

			nurturer. He is the source of love
and the source of peace, that he
		

			orders angels to be there, to come
For us in that moment. And the
		

			verse is
		

			Zanu
		

			letter Shirou
		

			wa abushi, ru biljen, Nati, Leti
Kun
		

			tun tu.