09/29/2026
A Reminder to Live With Purpose ❤️
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
Every soul will taste death” Qur’an “
21:35
Two humans were laid to rest.Two families lost people they loved.One school lost two members.And a community was left to grieve.
Today, we remember Ahmed Osman and Ms. Jorgensen, two lives that mattered, two people whose absence is now deeply felt by their families, their school, and their community.
Moments like these remind us of something we often try not to think about: death. Death is not a distant possibility. It is a certainty.
But remembering death does not mean we stop living. There is a balance to find: to remember death without becoming numb to life; to recognize that our time here is limited while still loving and appreciating the life God (Allah ﷻ ) has given us.
To appreciate the people we love.The moments we are given.The beauty of creation.Without becoming heedless of the One who gave them to us.
God (Allah ﷻ ) says:
رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَٰذَا بَاطِلًا Our Lord, You have not created this without purpose.” Qur’an 3:191
Look at the sky.The sun and the moon.The stars.The trees.The changing seasons.The people God (Allah ﷻ) places in our lives.
Creation is beautiful, but it is also a reminder.
A reminder that there is purpose. A reminder that we have a purpose.
If we viewed every portion of our lives through the lens of death, perhaps our lives would become a testimony for us after our death, rather than against us.
Too often, we view death through the lens of life.
We delay the good deed. We tell ourselves, tomorrow. We keep postponing repentance.
But death does not negotiate with our plans.
No statistic, probability, precaution, or fortress can make us exempt from the reality that every soul will eventually return to its Creator.
And perhaps one of the greatest reminders in moments of loss is this: our humanity is one.
We may come from different backgrounds, speak different languages, practice different traditions, and see the world through different experiences, but grief speaks a language we all understand.
A mother grieving her child knows loss. A child grieving a parent knows loss. A spouse grieving the person they built a life with knows loss. A friend grieving someone they loved knows loss.
Grief does not ask who we are before it enters our hearts. When someone is taken from us, the ache of an empty chair, the silence where a familiar voice once was, and the memories that suddenly become precious are human experiences we share. Our differences do not make one person’s grief more human than another’s.
We are human before we are anything else. And in grief, we are reminded just how deeply connected we truly are.
So let the reminder of death soften our hearts, not paralyze them.
Call your loved ones. Forgive someone. Pray the prayer you have been delaying. Give charity. Serve someone quietly. Tell someone you love them.
And live fully, but live with awareness.
May God (Allah ﷻ) grant patience and healing to both Ahmed Osman’s and Ms. Jorgensen’s families, and comfort every heart grieving their loss, as well as the loss of so many around us. Every family that loses someone carries a loss that cannot be measured, quantified, or fully understood by those who stand outside of it. May God (Allah ﷻ ) surround their loved ones with mercy, strength, and support, and may the memories of Ahmed and Ms. Jorgensen remain a source of love and comfort in the days ahead.
May He allow us to remember death without forgetting how to live.
May the life we are given become preparation for the meeting we cannot avoid.
اللهم أحسن خاتمتنا، واغفر لموتانا، وارحمهم، واجبر قلوب أهلهم ومحبيهم.
O Allah, grant us a beautiful ending, forgive our deceased, have mercy upon them, and mend the hearts of those who loved them.
We are still here.
So let us live with purpose before our turn comes to return❤️❤️❤️
