Written by lilly_en_route
There are verses you memorise.
And then — there are verses that memorise you.
That rise like dawn over your wounds.
That know your name before you knew you were lost.
That enter your ribcage, rearrange your sorrow, and stitch barakah into your silence.
This is not just a list of verses.
This is a map of my soul — decoded in a language that is foreign to all my ancestors (yet so familiar!!), healed in sujลซd, and reclaimed as faith in full flame.
I call it:
“The Qur’an in Me.”
Because these verses don’t sit on a shelf.
They walk in me — in every "yes" I whisper to the Divine,
in every contract I sign with integrity,
in every time I forgive myself before bed.
Here are 10 verses that didn’t just comfort me — they called me.
1. Surah Az-Zumar 39:53
"O My servants who have wronged themselves, do not despair of Allah’s mercy."
This verse is the first time I let God hug me back.
Because for too long, I thought I had to earn my way home to Him.
Now I know: I am home because I fell and still crawled toward light.
2. Surah An-Nur 24:35
"Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth..."
This is the verse that reminds me my softness is sacred.
I’m not here to compete. I’m here to carry — glow — reflect.
My barakah doesn’t shout. It flickers and still fills the room.
3. Surah Adh-Dhuha 93:4
"And surely what is coming is better for you than what has passed."
I held this verse like a matchstick during my burnout.
The days I couldn’t pray, I played this in my ears like a lullaby.
This is my divine forecast: You haven’t even seen your light yet.
4. Surah Al-Hujurat 49:13
"The most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is the one most conscious of Him."
For the girl who spoke German, English, French — but forgot to speak her own worth.
This verse re-wrote my value. Not in accents. Not in resumes.
But in taqwa — and that changes everything.
5. Surah Al-Baqarah 2:286
"Allah does not burden a soul more than it can bear."
Every time I’ve whispered “I can’t do this,” this verse held me.
Turns out I could. Turns out He knew.
Turns out my capacity wasn’t broken — just buried.
6. Surah Ash-Sharh 94:5–6
"With hardship comes ease… with hardship comes ease."
This is the echo I dance with.
Every time life says, “Here’s a storm,”
Allah says, “Here’s two sunrises tucked inside it.”
7. Surah Al-‘Ankabut 29:69
"And those who strive for Us – We will surely guide them."
My striving has never been aesthetic.
It’s been messy. Tear-stained. Wordless.
But this verse says: Allah sees even that as sacred pursuit.
8. Surah Al-Imran 3:139
"So do not weaken nor grieve – you will rise if you believe."
This is my warrior verse.
Not the kind that breaks walls — the kind that whispers faith in quiet defiance.
I wear this one under my blazer like invisible armour.
9. Surah Maryam 19:26
"So eat, drink, and be at peace... I have vowed silence."
This verse taught me holy silence.
That I don’t need to post every part of my healing.
That some rebirths bloom best in private.
10. Surah At-Tawbah 9:51
"Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has written."
I breathe this into every unknown.
Before interviews. Before love. Before loss.
This is my contract with Qadr — signed with surrender, sealed in serenity.
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These verses didn’t just soothe me — they shaped me.
And maybe that’s the point.
The Qur’an isn’t just a text. It’s a mirror. A compass. A pulse.
If you’ve ever felt too far gone, too tired, too different — remember this:
You are not behind. You are becoming.
And the Qur’an isn’t waiting for you to be perfect.
It’s just waiting for you to say: “I’m ready to be held.”
And oh, how it will hold you.
With light, law, and love,
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