She's beautiful...

The beauty of a woman is beyond her physical appearance. Her value is not dependant on her looks. Her value does not depend on the acceptance and validation of other people. She is more than the gorgeous eyes you see, more than the lovely smile you catch, more than the clothes she wears, more than the perfume you smell as she walks by.

You can tell her she’s beautiful, she’s gorgeous, she’s stunning. She might smile, but deep down, she may feel….unsatisfied. That of all of her qualities, you only noticed what appeared to on the surface..

But what about her character, her personality, they way she carries herself. Her. Doesn’t that matter too?

What about what makes her different from the rest, her emaan? Her faith?

A woman is a valuable creature. Now and forever. It is from her that generations will come about. It is from her that man enters into the world. She’s the school, the playground, the hospital, everything that a child would need to fully grow into a healthy human being.

Her value is more than the beauty she possess. She is a role model of generations to come.

Her beauty is a thing to be preserved, for the right people. It’s a charming thing, her beauty, but not for everyone to enjoy. No, just the right ones can enjoy. Eyes wouldn’t mind keeping some of it for themselves, but no. That’s not how it should be.

But sometimes, it’s for selfish motives. Some think they can use a woman’s beauty soley for their own purpose. And when she is no longer beautiful, or they find another more beautiful, they leave. As if all she was her looks to entertain.

Some think that a woman’s purpose is to serve another man’s agenda. But she’s here for a purpose, to serve Allah and use the blessing of beauty she’s been given in the way Allah would be pleased for her to use.

If we knew just how precious a woman was, just how precious her beauty was, we wouldn’t see what we see today.

If women knew just of how much value they were, they’d think differently about what they reveal of themselves.

They would know that their self worth is not dependant of the pleasure of another person.

But that is our condition today. We seek the approval and acceptance of others. We want to be accepted by others, we want to be loved. And if we get that love, than we feel we are ‘someone of value’ Some feel that once they see that someone is attracted to their charms, then they become a person of value.

Have we gone to this level, where we are at the beck and call of others, where we lower ourselves, our standards, our morals for the validation of another human being. Have we gloried others so much that that at their pleasure and displeasure is the code we live by, to forever please another person?  Have we enslaved ourselves for the people?

The nature of a woman is so beautiful that even if she was covered, she would still shine. Even if no one saw her charms, she’s still be a beauty, a woman of value.  All eyes don’t have to give approval for a thing to be of value and importance.

But we think  that we can only shine when we show the world what we have..

Think about the things people chase after to have for themselves. Gold, silver, diamonds..

Are these things easily attainable and easily seen? But yet their value remains. Are these things shown to the world? They’re actually hidden, deep within the layers of the earth. Excruciating work is done to extract them. Yet they shine, even when they’re hidden from eyes. But we still know of their value without us having to see it.

Even in the sea. Corals and pearls.  Are they on the surface of the water wishing and hoping the world woudl look at them so they would know of their value?  You find them in the depths of the sea. Hidden.

In a nutshell, you’ll find the most precious of things hidden, not for everyone to see, and not so easily attainable. And hence you see it’s value and worth.

But the beauty of a woman is much more precious than that. And her beauty was meant to be hidden from the world except from her family and the man whose there to love and protect her, her husband. To everyone else, they are not worthy of seeing such beauty. In that way she is not compromising herself for the approval of others. Rather she is fulfilling the command of her lord.

I ask Allah to preserve us and keep us steadfast. :)