Idols

When those statues around the Kaabah were brought down, I imagine

that it must have been painful for the worshippers of those idols to see.

It must be hard to let go of old habits, old attachments.

But that pain was, ultimately, short-lived.

And that pain was necessary, before 

the inner peace that Islam brought 

could enter their hearts.

It is a similar case, I imagine, for those idols we have in our hearts:

wealth, self, a lover.

But like those statues around the Kaabah they too must be brought down.

It is a pain necessary to achieve inner peace.

And I pray that it too will be a pain short-lived.

#imanbarunakup