It's The Climb

Bismillah ar Rahman Ar Raheem,
Assalamu’alaikum,
Today I received an email from a dear sister of mine that was truly an eye opener. I was touched over the content of the email as I believe it is very close to all of us. An email talking about a person’s struggle, his patience, sacrifice and hope. His name is Dr. Mas Afzal. As I was told by the sister, he just passed away from blood cancer and was laid to rest yesterday morning..
 For the sake of sharing, I’m putting his blog link and also his words as what he had written some time ago. InsyaAllah, maybe we can learn something from his beautiful words and also from his life experience..

In the words of Dr Mas Afzal:

“Allah certainly has unique ways to show His love'’

It’s The Climb by Almarhum Dr Mas Afzal(taken from his blog):

Whenever I was warded in the hospital for the treatment of my condition, I encountered a lot of patients who were in the same boat as mine. Whenever I had the chance, I will never miss the opportunity to talk to them, to hear what they have to say about their predicaments. We all have cancer, but of different types, and with different stories. But we all have one thing in common. We all believed in the power of Hope.

Hope. A powerful healer that sometimes even our mind could not comprehend with. It is the physician of each misery. With hope, seemingly impossible things can turn into reality.

As one famously said,
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying even when there seemed to be no hope at all."
I always tell myself to never give up, even when I hit bumps over and over again. Even if I have to lose this battle, I believe what matters more is the struggle. It is the things I've learnt throughout my struggle that has shaped me into who I am, not the disease, neither is the outcome of this battle.

I can't help but appreciate one very strong sayings in the lyric of the song entitled, "The Climb";
Ain't about how fast I get there,


Ain't about what's waiting on the other side,


It's THE CLIMB.

So everyone, stop asking, "Why?" anymore but start to say "What have I learned from my experience?". And things, no matter how bleak they might look, will soon start to brighten up. Insha Allah.

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His blog link>http://masafzal.blogspot.com/


May Allah Bless his soul.. Ameen ya Rabbal ‘Alameen..

Innalilahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji’un,

Truly, To Allah we belong and truly, to Allah we shall return.

Allahu A'lam..