07/04/2022

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sadia Azmat, Stand-up comedian and writer

Good Morning

I’ve been single for a long time! In fact, I am so single I’ve even written a book about it…

I just think that people of faith sometimes don’t talk about matters of the heart and I get that it’s a personal choice. I don’t mind talking about it especially since people tend to be quite curious about my marital status anyway! They tend to enquire if I’ve had an arranged marriage or love marriage.

If I do find ‘the one’, it would definitely be a love marriage for me.

The dating scene has always been a challenge, particularly as I wear a headscarf. So many rules on what I can and can’t do. It’s felt like a place I do not belong.

Despite this I still believe that everyone is meant to have a companion, and although at this hour the man of my dreams is probably still fast asleep, I pray to God to help me find the partner I have been waiting for, for He is the best of providers.

Someone who understands me, loves me, forgives me, betters me. A man who sustains me, cherishes me, misses me and who is faithful to me.

A friend of mine said to me it’s all in the timing, and so until that day comes I recite this prayer so our Lord may help everyone looking for a partner. Surah Yaseen verse 36:36. “Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge”.

Ameen

Peace and blessings be upon you.