The Surah of Balance

وَالمِيزَانِ فِي الأَضْلَاعِ،

By the scale inside the ribs,

وَالمَيْلِ الَّذِي يَصْدُقُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ العَقْلُ.

by the tilt that tells the truth before the mind speaks.

لَيْسَ التَّوَازُنُ ضَبْطًا.

Balance is not control.

التَّوَازُنُ إِصْغَاءٌ، وَتَعْدِيلٌ بِلا كَرَاهِيَةٍ لِلنَّفْسِ.

Balance is listening, and adjusting without self-hatred.

لِلْعَمَلِ وَزْنٌ. وَلِلرَّاحَةِ وَزْنٌ.

Work has its weight. Rest has its weight.

وَلِلصَّلَاةِ وَزْنٌ. وَلِلْحُبِّ وَزْنٌ.

Prayer has its weight. Love has its weight.

إِنْ أَسْقَطْتَ وَاحِدًا كَذَبَ الجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ.

If you drop one, the whole body lies.

فَقُمْ. تَنَفَّسْ. اركَعْ.

So stand. Breathe. Bow.

وَلْيَبْدَأِ النَّهَارُ مِنِ اتِّسَاقٍ لَا مِنِ اسْتِعْجَالٍ.

Let the day begin from alignment, not urgency.

وَلْتَصْفُ النَّفْسُ كَالْمَاءِ.

Let the mind clear like water.

وَلْيَهْدَأِ الحَقْلُ.

Let the field settle.

ثُمَّ امْضِ إِلَى مَا هُوَ لَكَ.

Then go, and do what is yours.