By
Anfaal bint Abubakar
Two voices inside me. What’s the difference between the
two? One will make me happy. The other will make me sad. Two
voices inside me. Which one should I choose?
As I walked to my bedside, A voice gently said: wake up for
fajr and glorify your Lord. I set my alarm for fajr and then
went to sleep. A few minutes passed, then the alarm went off. I
awoke and remembered my fajr and to glorify my Lord, But then a
voice whispered: sleep! sleep! The night is long, I lay in my
bed, listening to the two voices.
Two voices inside me. One good, one bad. What’s the
difference between the two? One will make me happy. The other
will make me sad. Two voices inside me. Which one should I
choose?
As I went to the masjid, I prayed two rakaaks, After the
namaz, I would buy a gold set, I looked in my pocket, I found
twenty-pounds, Oh no! I am six-pounds short, I looked around
and noticed a box, it was labelled ‘charity box’ A voice
strongly whispered: take the six-pounds from the charity box!,
No-one will notice Another voice gently said: Allah is watching
you from above, leave, the gold set- it’s a worldly thing, give
the twenty-pounds in charity instead, you’re reward is with
Allah in the next abode.
Two voices inside me. One good, one bad. Two voices
inside me. What’s the difference between the two? One will make
me happy. The other will make me sad. Two voices inside me.
Which one should I choose?
I had tidied the kitchen, and finished my homework, I sat on
the settee with nothing to do, my free-time had come, what
could I do? A voice slowly whispered: watch the TV, everyone’s
watching it, you’re left out. Another voice gently said: read
the Qur’an, you’ll earn some reward, leave the TV, it’s a waste
of time, you see it’s a worldly thing.
Two voices inside me. One good, one bad. Two voices
inside me. What’s the difference between the two? One will make
me happy. The other will make me sad. Two voices inside me.
Which one should I choose?
At the end of the day before going to sleep I asked myself:
what did I do today?
I woke up for fajr and glorified my Lord.
I went to the masjid and gave some charity.
I read the Qur’an and didn’t waste my time.
I kept away from the worldly things.
I learnt that inside me I had two voices, I learnt what was
the difference from the two. One always whispered to me evil
things - and that was the whisperings of the shaitaan, The
other voice always gently spoke - and that was the Angel
reminding me to do good.
All praise be to Allah, I chose the voice of the Angel.