Life After Eid-ul-Fitr - Reflections, Gratitude & Back To Routine | 23/03/2026

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله تعالى وبركاته، (May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you)

I hope you are all enjoying life. It's now three days after Eid and I thought it would be nice to share with everyone how I felt during the days after Eid.

The Day After Eid

There is this feeling you get after celebrating Eid. You begin to realize that the excitement of celebrating has started to fade away. The house which had become a place of joy and laughter from all the guests, is now a quiet house again. The process of waking up without having to worry about waking up for Suhur, simply feels odd to me after spending 30 days getting up to wake up before dawn, and now there is, that excitement of getting up again for Suhur isn't there anymore.

What Life Is Like After Eid, Post-Ramadan

This may come as a surprise to some, but many Muslims feel exactly what I'm feeling right now, but no one talks about it. After 30 days of fasting, praying Taraweeh, reading Qur'an every day and coming close to Allah, 30 days later, Eid has come to an end — the mosques have become quieter, the nights are shorter now; and this feeling the soul has, of Did I do enough?

I have written many blog posts on my website bilquranic.blogspot.com about these types of experiences after Ramadan. Ramadan will be long gone, but the lessons Ramadan taught us...