A Father’s Prayer
Today is ayah’s birthday. As I was preparing to call him and wish him, I received a text message from him.
It read: ”Sam, please ask Allah swt for even the smallest needs. He likes His Servants to approach Him for all things. He promises to answer all prayers, and He doesn’t break His promise. -Dad”
At the time, I was in the middle of the most busy period of the year, and out of nowhere, beyond my own comprehension, tears began to trickle down. For all I knew, my colleague Wani could’ve peered through and seen the…mess. My silent response to the sms, ” I do, dad. I do.”
After our usual congregation Maghrib prayers at home, ayah always says, ”Sam, I always make dua for you”. Of course, I make dua for me, my family, friends and other things.
But this is the first time…
On ayah’s birthday he made a wish…for me.
Maybe ayah knows that things are not always easy for me, but I give my best anyway.
