my therapy is standing in prayer
face, body & mind turned towards the Creator of the heavens and the earth
letting the cadence of the Qur’an envelop me
in a kind of warmth and comfort i can’t find elsewhere

my therapy is in
the recitation of the beautiful words of my Rabb
in the mudood, my worries slink away
in the ghunnahs, the sadness dissolves
in the melodies, the grief and anxiety gush out
so my heart can soak in every letter, every word

my therapy is the Qur’an, and my Lord, my therapist
and there is no better healer than He


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