Dirty Shoes

Bismillah.

Our feet are spiritually and anatomically the lowest, most insignificant part of our bodies. They get dirty when we walk; they are always on the floor, always below the rest of us. If something gets on our shoes as we're walking to class or coming home from work, we immediately stop and scrub our shoe on a pavement because we want to rid ourself of that undesirable object; something that's voluntarily decided to become a part of you, without your consent. We feel embarrassed if someone tells us we've got something on our shoes, because it makes us seem dirty. Its mere presence upsets us because it doesn't belong there.

It would seem that we care much about ourselves. Yet, every single day, we pick up filth and smear it upon the part of us that keeps us alive. We put in it objects that do not belong there and we attach it to things it was never meant to be attached to. We choose to have it there, because we know it won't show; because no one will see it or tell us to wipe it clean. It's not that we don't know it's there, just that we exploit the liberty of having our hearts to ourselves.

We practice such caution with our feet, but what of our Hearts? For there will come a Day when Allah sees them. And then, all we really need is a Heart, Serene. 

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

"The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail; But only he (will prosper) who brings to Allah a sound heart." [26:88-89]

Peace, respect and love.
Shahraiz Tabassam