The Blanket of Snow

(Raast)

You may have experienced this many times: while watching a love story in a movie or video, you suddenly feel triggered. Or perhaps a video brings something buried within you to the surface, your trauma, your past mistakes, or something from your past. And when that happens, you simply skip the video.

Have you ever thought about why this happens?

We will look for the answer to this question later. First, let us turn toward the Qur’an and Surah Al-Baqarah.

Why does it feel so difficult?

And why does Shaytan flee from it?

Why does this Surah expose Shaytan? 

It tells us how he creates traps, how he gives human beings false hopes, and how he gradually leads them toward different sins.

And when Shaytan is exposed like this, a mirror appears in front of you

a mirror that shows you the Shaytan within yourself.

And when that happens, you run away.

You feel uncomfortable. You experience pain when you see manipulation being exposed. You may even begin to feel ashamed. And to protect yourself from that discomfort, you start running away from the Qur’an.

Surah Al-Baqarah is also quite long, and many people start reading the Qur’an but cannot reach the end.

Perhaps you opened the Qur’an seeking guidance and advice, and maybe even reward. Or perhaps you opened it after being hurt by life again and again.

But as soon as you begin, a mirror is placed in front of you.

You get triggered.

It makes you uncomfortable.

You want reassurance, but instead, it tells you:

Fix yourself.

It begins challenging your insecurities.

You may have seen two very famous pictures on the internet:

1. 

One shows a bald sweeper looking at himself in a mirror, while he has placed a broom behind his head, creating the illusion that he has hair.

2. 

Another shows a pawn looking into a mirror, while in the mirror he sees himself as a king.

There are many such pictures that reveal human insecurities and hidden dreams that consume them.

But this Surah breaks that illusion.

It takes away your false comfort and asks you to face reality.

Is it taking away your happiness?

No.

That is a lie.

You have to achieve all of this through effort, not through illusion.

And a person begins to work hard when they become aware of their own shortcomings.

That is why, before anything else, acceptance is needed—and this is what this Surah triggers within you.

And this trigger initiates change inside you.

That change then takes you in the right direction.

This is why Shaytan flees from this Surah.

And that is why Surah Al-Baqarah is hard to read.

Now, Let’s Go Back to the Video Question

This is the same reason why many love stories mirror your own story.

That story exposes your mistakes.

And something that you once believed was completely right can suddenly become painful when you see it reflected back at you.

You cannot continue watching the video.

Why?

Because here, too, there is a lack of acceptance.

You are not necessarily running away from the story.

You may actually be running away from the mirror that the story has placed in front of you.

That’s why acceptance makes a change.

And then you begin working against Shaytan.

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               👉   THE SECRET MEANING OF ALLAH’S NAME AL-ADL

My name is Vigil.

They ask me my name, Raast

tell them a name is merely a mask for identity.

For beneath every name, a soul remains awake

some waiting for a return, some searching for themselves,

and some longing for the divine meeting.

So tell them

whatever the name, whatever the story,

beneath it all, the soul keeps watch.

And when every name is forgotten, when every story falls silent,

one word will remain:

Vigil.

My name is Vigil.

(Raast)

میرا نام انتظار ہے

وہ مجھ سے میرا نام پوچھتے ہیں، راست

ان سے کہہ دو

نام تو محض ایک شناخت کا بہانہ ہے۔

اصل میں ہر شخص

اپنے نام کے پیچھے

کسی نہ کسی چیز کا منتظر ہے۔

،کوئی کسی کے لوٹ آنے کا

،کوئی خود کو پا لینے کا

اور کوئی اپنے رب سے ملنے کا۔

،سو ان سے کہہ دو

،نام کوئی بھی ہو

،داستان کوئی بھی ہو

ہم سب کی پہچان آخرکار

:ایک ہی لفظ میں سمٹ جاتی ہے

انتظار۔

میرا نام انتظار ہے۔

(راست)

It is not betrayal that breaks a person,

(Raast)