First Post- About Time :)

Peace upon you all,

Mother Brief: The last time I did this brief I was looking at physical and emotional loss. This time I want to move away from physical objectification and look more in depth at the essence of the 'mother' relationships.



Based on the verse from the Holy Quran [45:16] "We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam." (Yusuf Ali Translation)

The part of Significance here is 'In pain did his mother bear him', represented above by the arabic shaped around the form of an unborn child.

Motherhood is not something to be overlooked or undermined; the pain, suffering, effort and grief a mother must face just of carrying the unborn child is of extreme importance, one which we find little time to appreciate. Despite what Islam may be stereotyped as, women are given a high status, especially mothers. Their honourable status' being one most rightly gained due to the hardship they must endure.

Peace,
Yahya