Redefinition

Perhaps we don't find peace in our solat

not because we have forgotten "how"

but because we have forgotten "why".

The irony being 

that the answer to the question "why solat?" 

is, actually,

"Why"

You see,

it is the nature of the dunya 

to make us fixated on 

the "how"s of life:

how to get a girlfriend,

how to raise our kids,

how to graduate from uni;

so much so that

we start defining ourselves 

by those "how"s: 

"I'm a lover,

a mother, 

a student."

Against this background,

the solat is, actually,

a redefinition of self

prescribed 5 times a day;

because, you see,

it is the nature of the solat

to make us remember 

the "why" of life:

"I'm an abid of Allah."

But it can only be so

if we stop misperceiving it as

as a mere ritual,

and stop the "how"s of life

from intruding into it.

Perhaps then

we shall find peace in our solat.

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