“إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰافِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍۢ كَفُورٍ” “Indeed, Allah defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.” (Al-Hajj 22:38) They have tried to paint you in the colors of their own darkness, to drape you in the cloak of their own failings.
There is a moment in every struggle when the weight of injustice becomes unbearable, when the oppressed, long silenced and subjugated, rise with whatever strength they can muster. It is a moment both sacred and perilous; sacred because it marks the reawakening of dignity, and perilous because the tools of resistance are often forged in
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا الْهَوَىٰ أَن تَعْدِلُوا (النساء 135) “O you who believe, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives.