I received a very sad news today. A friend, my Lancaster family member here had lost her mother just a few hours ago. It came as a shock to her as her mother had been well all this while. In fact, the mother was planning to come over to Lancaster in the next few months to witness the birth of her second child. My friend was overcome with grief. And those around her cried with her. During the emergency tahlil and solat jenazah that we had just now, not one person there could hold back the tears.
Her tears were mixed of sadness for the loss and the regret, rasa terkilan for not being able to see the mother for the last time. It is a feeling that all of us being in perantauan can empathise. Deep down, each one of us have this fear of losing a loved one while we are away from them. The fear that the last meeting we had a few months back would be the last that we will ever had. The regret that we may not have spend enough time together will be like nails that keep piercing our hearts.
For us though, it was only the possibility that haunts us. For her, it had become a reality.
Sabarlah wahai kawanku.
"Sesungguhnya kita adalah kepunyaan Allah dan kepadaNya jualah kita akan kembali."
Al-fatihah.
1 comment:
amin.
semoga Allah cucuri rahmatNya ke atas arwah.
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