Nobody can take your Dignity away from you: Hold on to the Unbreakable Handhold

-By Raghad Hamdi, Copyright, Ihsan Education, 2025. All Rights Reserved.
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Our inherent dignity and self-worth as human beings is not dictated by any other human being’s limited and biased views about our identity or our causes. Our dignity is not dictated by any influencer, celebrity, politician, or other human being. It is endowed to us by the Creator of the heavens and the earth, as stated in the Quran: “Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam, carried them on land and sea, granted them good and lawful provisions, and privileged them far above many of Our creatures.” (17:70). Nobody can take that dignity away from you.

We are indeed witnessing a time where truth is mixed with falsehood and the truth is concealed as we are told in Quran 2:42: “And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]”. Knowing this, we need to understand that validating our narrative or our truth is not left up to society’s whims and desires.  The narrative of striving for justice and ihsan (moral excellence and grace) is first and foremost acknowledged and validated by God, The All-Knowing, All-Encompassing, several times in the Quran, including (90:16): "Indeed, Allah commands justice and grace....". This narrative of seeking justice while also maintaining the highest moral and ethical standards holds true for us even when it seems like the majority fail to see it as stated in Quran 21:24:  “... But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away”.

As a human being, you have dignity, you have a voice, and you have agency. 

You have hope, you have willpower, and you have the ability to take daily and incremental positive actions to build a better future.

Whether those positive actions are through your exceling and striving for ihsan (moral and spiritual excellence) in your schooling, work, community involvement and education, parenting, advocacy, volunteerism, and service. 

You can have the hope of a better future - one where justice, moral excellence and peace reaches all.

Don’t let this life’s tragedies break you - hold on to the firmest, unbreakable hand hold of belief in God (Quran 2:256).