ancients' passage

one thing that i wanted to write for some time already.

the elders of the clan are leaving us one by one. in a short span of a month, two of my grand-uncles have passed on, and my grandfather is sickly. although i have now come to accept this cycle of life, i cannot help but be poignant. the elders were the link that the younger generation held to, the ones through whom we recognise our brethren, and find that connection. but i fear that once they pass on, that link would be broken, and we would begin to drift apart from each other. i hope that that does not happen. i pray that the bonds remain strong enough to keep us all.

ila hadratil aa'li Khan Surattee, al-ahya-i minhum wal amwat, wa qarabatihim, wa ila hadratil Muhammad s.a.w wa a'la aa'lihi wasahbihi wasallim.

Alfatihah.