O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous?
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Quran 82:6-8
Thus are the discontented inner murmurs about my mishaped body answered.
If upon glancing in the mirror, I mutter that I hate my form, here I am reminded that this was the form decreed for me.
And if I complain about the phenotype bestowed on me, thinking it a disadvantage, here I am reminded that whatever I was granted was in balance.
Last modified: 8 April 2024
