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From a single text to a lifetime, insha'Allah
April 27, 2023 — Forever
The first text
Where it all began.
Fell for Hira
Didn't stand a chance.
Told Hira my feelings
The moment that changed everything.
Told my parents about my girl
Making it official in the ways that matter.
Said I love you in person
For the first time.
First couple trip
First Valentine's Day
MSA Gala — Won MSA Couple
The people knew.
First summer apart
Going home — missing each other already.
Hira visited Ali in Pittsburgh
Back to Ali!
Back where she belongs.
First Anniversary 🎉
Year one. What a year.
First time in different time zones
Distance couldn't change a thing.
Back to Ali!
Valentine's Day Part 2
Hira becomes Hijabi
One of the most beautiful days.
Left Ali
The hard ones make the reunions better.
Told Hira's dad
The moment that took courage.
Ali met Hira's dad
Big deal. Handled it.
Hira's back!
Year 2 — DC Trip
Second anniversary. Still choosing each other.
Valentine's Day Part 3
Hira graduates
She did that. So proud.
“And We created you in pairs.”
Surah An-Naba · 78:8Hira, before there was a first text, before April 27th, before any of this, Allah (SWT) already knew. He already wrote it. He already placed you in this world as the other half of something I didn't even know I was looking for. We were created in pairs. That isn't poetry. That is promise. And I feel it every single day.
I think about the timeline of us and I am in awe, not just of what we've been through, but of how we've moved through it. The distance, the patience, the fear, the courage it took to walk into rooms and say your name to people who mattered most. None of it broke us. None of it even bent us. That doesn't happen by accident. That is Allah's hand. That is His plan unfolding exactly the way it was always going to.
And I want you to know, I am so excited. Not in a small way. In a way that sits in my chest and doesn't leave. I think about the life ahead of us and I cannot stop smiling. I think about the day I get to call you my wife. I think about the home we'll build, not just the walls, but what fills it. The warmth. The laughter. The chaos. Our kids running through it like they own the place, because they will.
I think about us older. Gray maybe. Slower. Looking at each other across a room the way people do when they've seen everything together and still choose to look. I think about what it means to have someone witness your whole life, and I want that witness to be you. Only you.
There will be chapters we can't see yet. Ones that will test us and ones that will overflow us with gratitude. I don't know what they look like. But I know this, Allah (SWT) has so much planned for us, and all He asks is that we trust Him. So that's what I'm doing. Trusting Him. Trusting us. Trusting that every single thing that brought us here was exactly on time, even when it didn't feel like it.
This timeline we've built, it's only the beginning. There are so many more dates to add. So many more moments that don't have names yet. And I cannot wait to live every single one of them with you.
Insha'Allah, so much more to come.
Ali
Forever & ever