Meet Tripp.
My name is Walter Tripplet but I go by Taalib AbdulQadir.
I am an incarcerated Muslim and this has been a trying ordeal. In His Kitaab (Book), Allah tells us that "By the Time, verily, man is in a state of loss except those who believe and practice righteousness and calls to (al-haqq) truth and (as-sabr) patience" Surah Asr, so I try to practice sabr.
Islam is the "middle path", not too far left nor too far right, so to have Sabr means to have gratitude in times of hardship and struggle, and to have humility in times of success and plenty because everything, good and bad, is by al-Qadr (the Decree) of Allah. So I call you and myself to al-haqq and as-sabr.
Read More by Tripp:
Take a Listen to the poem called “Epiphany” —> Epiphany by Taalib
Take a Listen to the poem and story of Taalib called “Wounded” → Wounded by Taalib
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