I used to think that to be a better Muslim, I needed to know more. I was a victim of comparison – looking at other women and thinking that I wasn’t ‘good enough’.

But then I realised that knowledge doesn’t always equal connection. And anyway, one of the things that attracted me to Islam was the lack of a ‘middle-man’; I didn’t need to have knowledge or status to be seen and loved by Allah.

So I let go of the comparison. I let go of always thinking I should be ‘knowing or doing more’. Instead, I focussed on connection.

I may not be a scholar, but I am Allah’s servant – in all my imperfection.

Is it time you let go of chasing ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’ more, and allowed yourself to just ‘be’?