The Journey Back.

The night time turned into deep and quiet. The town had fallen asleep, besides for some remote barking puppies and the occasional rumble of a passing truck. Abir sat on his balcony, a cigarette in hand, staring blankly on the sky. There turned into weariness in his eyes, and a peculiar vacancy in his heart.

There turned into a time while Abir turned into a reputable determine in his community—a younger muazzin on the nearby mosque. Children used to name him “Huzur bhai.” Every dawn, his soulful adhan could echo via the neighborhood. Elderly guys could smile and say, “There`s a unique splendor in Abir`s voice.”

But time had modified him.

His lifestyles spiraled after the deaths of his parents. The burden of grief, unemployment, and betrayal from a near pal grew to become him bitter. Gradually, he stopped going to the mosque. The Qur`an amassed dust. His heart, as soon as complete of light, grew bloodless and silent.

Abir fell into the incorrect crowd. Behind the duvet of a faux business, he were given worried in unlawful dealings—cash laundering, shady contracts, and worse. Outwardly, he turned into successful: fancy clothes, a brand new motorcycle, and a well-embellished shop. But inside, he felt hollow.

One day, an antique pal named Rafi walked into his shop. Rafi turned into now a trainer at a madrasa. Clad in a smooth white jubba, his beard smartly trimmed, and his face serene.

“Assalamu Alaikum, brother,” he greeted warmly.

Abir compelled a smile. “Look at you! You`ve grow to be a complete Huzur now.”

Rafi laughed lightly. “Not Huzur. Just a sinner looking to do better. And you? How are you, really?”

Abir stayed silent for a moment. Then said, “Doing well, obviously. See me puffing cigarettes at midnight?”

Rafi didn`t push. He really pulled out a small ee-e book titled `The Light of Repentance` and surpassed it to him.

“Read it sometime. Maybe you`ll experience something. Allah by no means offers up on us, you know.”

That night time, Abir opened the ee-e book out of boredom. The first actual line stuck him off guard:

“O you who've sinned past measure, don`t depression of the Mercy of Allah. He waits in your return—irrespective of how a long way you`ve gone.”

Abir felt a pointy pang in his chest. His fingers trembled slightly. He flipped extra pages, analyzing approximately the mercy of Allah, approximately honest repentance, and the way no sin is extra than Allah`s forgiveness.

Tears rolled down his face. After years of denying it, he whispered, “Ya Allah... am I nevertheless worth of Your love?”

— “Ya Allah, I don`t recognize if You`ll forgive me. But I haven't any one else to show to.”

That become the start of his return.

A New Life Begins

Abir made a hard choice: he close down his unlawful businesses, although it fee him a wonderful deal of money. Friends and friends mocked him.

“You`re throwing away success! Why?”

He smiled and replied, “I had everything—besides peace. Now I actually have peace, although I don't have anything else.”

He commenced mastering the Qur`an once more beneathneath the steering of a neighborhood imam. Slowly, he started out coaching kids withinside the community, now no longer as a scholar, however as a person who as soon as were given misplaced and observed his manner back.

He fashioned a small children institution on the mosque wherein he shared stories, helped afflicted teens, and prepared weekly Islamic talks.

“I`m now no longer a preacher,” he used to say, “I`m simply a person who made mistakes. If I can change, so can you.”

One Friday after Jummah prayer, the imam gave a quick talk:

— “Among us is a brother who as soon as fell deep into sin, however Allah guided him back. His tale reminds us that it's in no way too late due to change. Allah`s mercy is more than any sin.”

Everyone knew who the imam became speak about. Abir stored his head down, however, there has been a non-violent glow on his face.

That evening, a youngster approached him after the prayer. Nervously, the boy asked,

— “Brother Abir, I experience like I`m slipping too. How did you switch your lifestyles around?”

Abir positioned a mild hand on his shoulder and said,

The subsequent morning, he heard the Fajr adhan echo from the equal mosque he as soon as known as humans to. Memories returned: his formative years voice withinside the mic, children in rows at the back of him, his mother`s proud smile from the women`s section.

That morning, for the primary time in years, Abir walked into the mosque. He stood withinside the closing row and bowed his head in sujood. His tears blended with the carpet.

— “I didn`t. Allah did. I simply made the choice to go back. The rest—He took care of it.”

The boy teared up and whispered, “Then I need to go back too.”

Abir smiled. “Let`s pray Maghrib collectively tonight. That`s the primary step.”

From that day on, Abir wasn`t only a modified man—he become a guiding mild for many. His tale unfold all through the community, now no longer as a story of shame, however of hope.

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The Moral

In this world, all people stumbles. Some fall tougher than others. But the splendor of Islam is that no person is ever too a long way gone. Allah, the Most Merciful, likes to forgive. He waits, with open arms, for His servants to go back.

Allah says withinside the Qur`an:

“Say, `O My servants who've transgressed towards themselves [by sinning], do now no longer depression of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it's far He who's the Forgiving, the Merciful.`”

(Surah Az-Zumar, 39:53)

No depend what you`ve done, in case your coronary heart is honest and your steps are closer to Allah, He will in no way flip you away.