Beyond Labels

 “What’s your religion?”

he asked.
I looked at him,
smiled,
and said -
“Love… and Humanity.”

He paused.
“But what about God?”
I smiled again…
My God is too vast
to fit into a single name,
too infinite
to be confined within a label.

My God is One -
faceless,
formless,
beyond gender… beyond definition.
and yet -
He is however I choose to see Her:
loving,
compassionate,
forever forgiving.

My God is everywhere,
in every person.
Even you, I said.

He continued,
and asked me
what I believe in.

And I said -
I believe in living,
and in loving…
not in judging.
I believe in searching for good,
even where none seems to exist.
I believe in giving love
without keeping score.
I believe in second chances -
in forgiving,
in letting go,
in moving forward…
Because life
has taught me these things -
not gently,
but deeply.

Rabia Jafar ✍🏼

5th May 2026