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www Muslim Central.com forward slash donate. Our lives are filled with moments that define us.

Moments of pure joy that create memories for years to come.

And all. that create memories for years to come. And also moments of hardship that eat away at our thoughts,

our relationships, sometimes even our faith.

It can be hard to sit with the cards we're dealt with.

Is my life entirely my own if it's already been written for me?

Why do some people struggle with immense pain while I'm given this blessing?

Or why am I struggling with this hardship while others seem to have it so easy?

Why is this happening? Why now? Why me? Doesn't start with your parents or your

grandparents or even your ancestors. It actually all starts with a pen. Imagine the conversation. It was Allah and nothing else. No heaven and

hell, no angels, no humans, no devils, just Allah.

And the Prophet Salah Allah al-Aahani-Wasanam said that 50,000 years before he creates the heavens and the earth,

he creates the pen.

And he says to this pen,

Uctub, write. And then the pen asks,

and what should I write, O my Lord? And he says, write everything decreed

until the final hour.

Ucte to Vélmy, fichalky.

Write down my knowledge of my creation.

And so the pen writes everything down in Aloha Mahfuz.

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