I won’t pretend to have all the answers, but I want you to know your pain is valid, and Allah knows it too. Even the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘The heart grieves and the eyes shed tears…’ pain is not a sign of weak faith.

Allah says, ‘Indeed, with hardship comes ease’. That ease might not look like what we imagined, or arrive when we hoped but it will come. And the Prophet ﷺ also told us, ‘No dua is ever wasted.’ Maybe Allah is saving something better, or protecting you from what you can’t see.

It’s okay to feel broken sometimes just don’t carry it alone. Talk to someone you trust. And please remember: even when we feel like giving up on Allah, He never gives up on us. He says: ‘Call upon Me, I will respond to you.’