Aliyah Umm Raiyaan, Muslim Belal - Climbing The Mountain Before You lyrics

You're hit with a test
And just as you will your
Mind to rationalise it all
And force your heart to accept that
It was written you're hit with another test
Then another, and another
Your soul is battered and bruised
You feel dazed as though this
This is some nightmare and surely
You'll wake from it
How can you be served not one difficulty
But several all at once?
You feel like your fragile
Heart can't manage this
Where you could once see the image
Of your future before you
It is now obstructed by a mountain
Pegged firmly to the earth
A mountain you know you must climb
In order to move forward into your future
Into your life


You don't know if your heart is racing
Or if it has slowed down to such
An extent that it will collapse
So much confusion all around you
And inside of you
All you can see is the distance
Of where you are now
From where the top of the mountain is
The peak of the mountain
Signifies the halfway point
You wonder how on earth you're
Going to get there
Knowing the descent will be much easier
Eyes fixed on the peak
You feel defeated and too tired
To even commence the climb you're exhausted
Energy depleted and feel alone
Pause stop breathe

Take your sight away from the mountain
Take your sight away from the peak
The climb will happen at some point
It has to, it's a part of your future
It is inevitable but right now
There's something else that needs your
Attention something far more important
It's time for preparation

Look around you who will make the climb
More difficult for you? Let them go for now

Who will be your support during the climb?
Who will climb with you? Solicit their help
Now

Make your plan of days when you
Will train your mind, body
Heart and soul for the challenge ahead
Days when you will simply
Rest to regather energy
And days when you will give it your all

Break the challenge down into parts
Day one I'll attempt this part
Day 2 that part
This part will be easier this
Part will be more difficult
This part will require dua the night before -
In the last part of the night
This part will require me letting
Go of perfectionism and
Calling on my tribe to climb with me
Allah placed the mountain before
You because He
Wants to stretch your climbing abilities
He wants to push you to your limit's and only
A mountain can do that He wants you
To face yourself in the
Mirror and acknowledge everything
That is so very real about you
Your strengths and your weaknesses
He wants you to see the tools
He has scattered around you scattered
Because He wants you to take
The steps to reach out
Collect them and use them
Then He'll run to be your Aid
Tools such as people who will
Literally stand behind you
Ready to catch you as you climb
Memories of previously climbed mountains -
What you did then
And what you can do now memories of
Times where, despite being exhausted
You raised your hands
Towards the sky and begged Him for help
And He did
He wants to extract a stronger you from you
He wants a needier heart from you
He wants a soul that
Has accepted the challenge
Persevered through the challenge
And emerged from the other side
With lessons like no other

You, who has a mountain in front of you
Remember you are the same person that
Climbed your mountains of yesterday
Yesterday was brought to you by the same
Lord that has brought you today
And will bring your tomorrow
The mountains you climbed yesterday
Included the Best Guide
The Creator of the mountain
What does this mean? It means
You've done this before
With Him you can do this again with Him
Different mountain, yes
But a stronger you with experience
A stronger heart who has experienced
The guidance from the Ultimate
Guide who knows you and this
Mountain inside and out

Mountains are not sent just
For the mere climb they're sent to teach you
So much about yourself
And the One who made them
And placed them before you gather your tools
Let go of anything that's going
To weigh you down
Plan, train, rest, climb repeat
You've got this he's got you
Let the ascent begin