Understanding Salat — Page 33
Qiyam 33 themselves vulnerable. If their spouse suddenly dies, their sense of security is shattered. For some time, they become incapable of vulnerability. To imagine falling in love during that time of heartbreak is inconceivable; if anything, it is repulsive. To suggest to them during this time that they fall in love with someone is offensive. This is a period of heart- break. What we avoid thinking about is that every single person we have attached happiness to and built our future around is going to disappear from this world. Either they will leave first or we will leave everything behind. We have no control over whether it will happen today or not, but we will have to face that heartbreak and it will turn our existence upside down. Disappointment threatens our sense of security but it does not break it. Desperation shakes our sense of security but it is not enough to break it. It is only heartbreak that bursts the security bubble that we were so sure we were safe in. Our heart is broken by the loss of what we thought belonged to us. When our world is shattered, that is the moment of grief when nobody in this world can make the pain go away. That is the moment of vulnerability when the thought of turn- ing back to trusting the world is inconceivable. That is the moment of clarity when we see that no attachment in this world is lasting. We see that any attachment to anything is a time-bomb that could shatter our world again. The only worldly attachments that are a source of peace are the ones that we connect to our attachment with Allah Almighty. It is