A new week begins. The sun rises again, and with it, Allah gives you another chance a quiet reminder that His mercy never pauses, even when your motivation does.
For many of us, Mondays come with mixed feelings. We wake up carrying unfinished goals, unspoken regrets, and maybe a little guilt about what we didn’t do right last week the prayers missed, the patience lost, the promises we broke to ourselves.
But Allah never asked you to be flawless. He asked you to keep returning.
Every slip-up that ends in repentance is not a failure it’s proof that your heart is still alive. Guilt becomes destructive only when it makes you give up, but when it pushes you back toward Allah, it becomes a gift. It’s His way of reminding you that He’s still near.
So as this new week begins, stop replaying your mistakes. What’s done is done. Allah forgave you before you even finished regretting. What He wants now is for you to begin again with humility, not shame.
Start small. Pray with focus. Speak gently. Open the Qur’an, even if it’s just for a few verses. Give a little charity. Smile more. Each small act is a step into light.
Allah doesn’t measure you by your falls; He measures you by your effort to rise again.
He sees the struggle no one else does the quiet du’as, the moments of fighting back despair, the effort to stay sincere.
Don’t let Shaytan convince you that your past disqualifies your future. Allah’s mercy is always ahead of your sins. When He says “My mercy encompasses all things,” He means exactly that every weakness, every delay, every you.
So begin this week not with guilt, but with gratitude. You’re still here. You’re still being given another chance to pray, to grow, to return.
Let this Monday be a soft restart lighter, humbler, and closer to the One who never tires of forgiving.
Because every sunrise carries a message from your Rabb:
It’s never too late to return.
