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I watched the mimosa leaf close as my finger gently caressed its sides. My gaze hovered over the green patch beneath me as the one mimosa leaf that I touched began to create a ripple effect; slowly, one by one, bumping into the leaves surrounding it, and they, the leaves surrounding them, until after a few seconds all the leaves within my view were closed.

And then it struck me how beautiful a metaphor it is that Allah has created for us in His creations… SubhanAllah :’)

As all of you reading this would already know, just a week back I put up an appeal on this blog for funds to contribute to the Braille Qur’an Project. My goal was, to me, realistically achievable - 35 people, $10 each, to waqf just one copy of the Braille Qur’an.

Fast forward to today, alhamdulillah we managed to pool together the total amount of SGD3,020 and RM520. That’s approximately ten copies of the Qur’an! Allahuakbar!!

How did it happen? Let us go back to the metaphor of the mimosa plant that Allah swt has given us…

You see, the basic fact is that as single individuals what we can offer is more often than not, limited. But what we forget too often is that Allah swt said in the Qur’an, 3:110

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah…

We Muslims are the best nation (ummah)… which means that it is in our fitrah to not be an island, but instead to be bound together as a whole! And when we enjoin what is right, we do so not just by ourselves, but as an ummah! 

And this was exactly what had happened during the project, masyaAllah.

I, the single mimosa leaf, was surrounded by a limited number of people and could only reach a certain ceiling as to the amount that I could collect from them. But what I forgot at that point of time was that, my family, friends and tumblr readers, leaves surrounding me, too had leaves surrounding them, and those leaves had leaves surrounding them, and this fact just goes on and on until we reach the capacity of the people in this world! 

Allahuakbar wa la hawla wa la quwatta illa billah! Never underestimate the strength and reach of the Muslim Ummah if we all work together biznillah :)

To sum it up, in doing good deeds, be a mimosa leaf who calls to others to do the same. You are ONE mimosa leaf, but if everyone has the same mentality in enjoining what is good as an ummah, the next thing you know, the whole field will be full of closed mimosa leaves, insyaAllah :)

And lastly, I just though I’d share one of my favourite hadith,

Muslims in their caring, mercy, and support for each others, is like one body, when a part of it suffers from pain, the rest of it would suffer by a fever and sleeplessness.

:) Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.

May Allah swt accept all our deeds this past Ramadhan and multiply them manifold, and may He grant us the opportunity to meet the next Ramadhan… InsyaAllah.

Jazakumullah kheir to the many of you who contributed, and my many thanks for the number of you who pulled in the leaves surrounding you to contribute as well; this project wouldn’t have gotten anywhere if it was just me, biiznillah.

All good is from Allah, and the mistakes mine. Please accept my apologies for all my kedhaifan, and please make du’a for the ummah. Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, everyone! <3

P/s. For those who missed this project, donations can still be made directly to BAPA here, insyaAllah!