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.