If there is anything that encapsulates and signifies the presence of life, it is a heartquake.
A heartquake is the tremor you feel in your heart when something touches your soul, and stirs the very core of your being. When something penetrates so deep beyond your physical existence into the vast expanse of your soul, that it causes a shift in your innermost being and sends an echo of life rippling through the epicenter of your heart, making you physically tremble. It knocks the breath out of you, and leaves you unable to speak.
Heartquakes originate from the most intense human experiences: overwhelming grief, real love, peaking passion, profound truth, sincere faith, enlightenment, insurmountable loss, crippling fear, terrifying horror, breathtaking beauty, extreme inhumanity.
When was the last time you felt one?
When was the last time your heart trembled in awe of your Creator, marveling at His power and majesty?
“The true believers are those who, when Allah´s name is mentioned, their hearts tremble in awe, and when His verses are recited to them their faith grows, and who put their trust in their Lord.” [Qur’an: 8:2]
When was the last time you felt an embrace of real love that made you tremble
with belonging?
When was the last time a truth so profound struck you that you had to look for
words to say?
When did you last see something so beautiful that you were overcome with
delight, unable to breathe?
When did you last feel your heart burst with the agony of loss?
When did you last see oppression in the eyes, till your heart was rattling with
fear?
When did you last reach a level of astounding awareness that shook you
awake?
When did your heart wrench last, at the sight of a bleeding child?
When did your heart scream last as it witnessed utter barbarity?
When was the last time you were alive?
Author: Zaynab Chinoy
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