REALISATION : FIGHT FOR FLIGHT
How the Doctor described it:
Assalamualaikum
Abdullah Sujee admitted to Hibiscus hospital with
Cellulitis leg from Infected wart on foot and recently diagnosed Hypertension.
On IVI antibiotics, going for wound debridement this afternoon and is being investigated for target organ damage from severe undiagnosed Hypertension.
Hypertension controlled. Alhumdullilah
Request duas.
Jazakallah
Date of Surgical Procedure: 30 October 2026
Over the past few weeks from 30 October 2026, I endured what seemed to be a minor wart that eventually turned septic and developed into an abscess. During that period, I continued living normally, running nearly 30 kilometres( 5 kms three days a week) and cycling approximately 120 kilometres, completely unaware of how serious the condition had become. More astonishingly, I was unaware that my blood pressure had risen to 200/140. I experienced no obvious symptoms and was never affected in a way that made me suspect the danger I was carrying. Yet those readings placed me at significant risk of a stroke, heart attack, or other life-threatening complications.
When I was admitted to hospital, the surgeon explained the seriousness of the situation. I was immediately treated with pain medication and medication to control my blood pressure while preparations were made for surgery the following day. A comprehensive assessment by the physician followed. Alhamdulillah, the operation was successful. The wart was removed at its root, the abscess was drained and treated, and the fungal infection between my toes was cleared.
What humbled me most was the physician’s conclusion afterwards: apart from this issue, I was given a clean bill of health. In that moment, I reflected on a striking lesson. By Allah’s grace, I had checked so many of the health boxes. I exercised regularly, remained active, and was otherwise healthy. Yet a seemingly insignificant wart was enough to incapacitate me and expose me to dangers of which I was completely unaware. Despite all the boxes being ticked, a small affliction became the means through which Allah reminded me of my fragility and dependence upon Him.
The spiritual lesson was immediate and profound. Just as I was unaware of the dangerous condition developing within my body, I wondered whether a person may stand before Allah believing that all the major religious boxes have been ticked while remaining oblivious to a weakness, sin, neglected duty, or deficiency that places his salvation at risk. We often focus on the visible aspects of our lives while being unaware of what lies beneath the surface.
This experience reminded me that neither good health nor salvation can ever be secured merely by our own efforts. Ultimately, both depend upon the mercy of Allah. Just as His mercy protected me from consequences I neither saw nor felt, it is His mercy alone that will carry us safely through the far greater journey of the Hereafter.
I emerged from this experience deeply humbled. What began as treatment for a wart became a lesson in self-awareness, gratitude, vulnerability, and spiritual growth. Allah showed me through something small that unseen dangers can exist beneath the surface, both physically and spiritually. And just as the cure came through His mercy, so too will our ultimate success come only through His mercy. Alhamdulillah.
As I watched in awe the flight of the geese from their watery runway in magnificent formation into the skies it became evident that I had to begin my flight to self awareness and realization that Allah’s majesty is supreme. It is a flight that requires grit in a world stooped in self indulgence.
