‘Do you still want to be perfect?’ By guest writer

Salam All. I pray that you are in the best of health. A friend of mine emailed me asking whether i could possibly publish a short writing piece that she had written about body image. Mashallah she did such a brilliant job and i hope that you read it, understand it and most of all, benefit from it. Until next time my fellow Brothers and Sisters, take care, stay safe, remember me in your duas and keep smiling.
Asalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.

Are there times when you look in the mirror and think to yourself ‘I’m not pretty’? Images of models flash before your very eyes - We turn towards the media and dream of being perfect. In this article, i would like to uncover the true meaning of beauty.

They say that confidence comes naturally but this isn’t entirely true. I was a person who suffered from self confidence and longed for the ‘gift’ of being able to click my fingers and if my magic, be perfect. However, i wanted this all for the wrong reasons. I wanted to make myself perfect, but perfect for the wrong reasons.

And from months of battling this I think I am now able to reach out to other people Inshallah. I'm sure many of us may have been down that road or know someone who has.

Firstly, prettiness is temporal and beauty is eternal. Our beauty remains forever and it is reflected in many dimensions. Prettiness is temporal; it comes and goes. We want to be perfected and retouched like the fake girls we see on the pages of vogue magazine but no matter how hard you try, you will always be you but there is nothing wrong with that.

I would like to say that by questioning our beauty, we are in actual fact pushing away our original beauty. By questioning our beauty, we are also questioning God and asking him ‘Why hasn’t he made me beautiful?’

Next time you think this, look in the mirror and remind yourself that you are beautiful in your own way. Think about what you have got rather than what you haven’t. Get a pen and paper and list at least 10 good things about yourself. Go on. You’ve got nothing to lose!