Bliss In Practice

We are all a bunch of complainers aren't we? We complain at work, we complain at home, we even complain when there isn't anything interesting to watch on tv. Twitter groups have created entire social movements based on complaining. As my teenage son likes to say “the struggle is real”. Sometimes our lives really do take a turn. A mother dies during childbirth leaving the father alone with a newborn. A bright young man who turned his life around dies in a car crash going home from his new job. Although it might be a little politically incorrect to say, I would recommend you give in. Yes. I said that. Let me explain. There is an amazing pearl of wisdom in Surah Maryam. Maryam was known in her community and came from a pious family, dedicated to Allah (swt) before she was born and had knowledge of the essence of du'a as a young girl. We know the story of Maryam and the immaculate conception and how rumours flew about her chastity and who the father possibly was. Can y