بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
“O Allah, If You know that this affair is good for my religion and my subsistence and in my Hereafter then ordain it for me and make it easy for me to get, and then bless me in it, and if You know that this affair is harmful to me In my religion and subsistence and in the Hereafter then keep it away from me and let me be away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me.”
Then Allah keeps it away from us and we fall into a pit of despair.
Two reasons I can come up with:
The pain.
I think (in my humble opinion, which is completely irrelevant), we forget that emotions make us who we are. Freeing yourself from your emotions will be like removing mitochondria from a cell. Emotions, when understood well, could be your source to a great fortune by His will.
The assumption is that if it was not meant to be yours, then it would go away, painlessly, so it comes as a shocker when it’s gone and it feels like your right lung left with it.
Tawakkul and Sabr are easier to exercise when there isn’t an excruciatingly painful void in your heart. Being patient, and trusting that Allah knows best in such moments is how you get that massive win in shaa Allah.
Not feeling isn’t what’s admirable, what’s admirable is harboring feelings that could cripple you, and choosing to seek Allah’s pleasure by having good thoughts of Him and not breaking down for His sake.
The wait.
You’d think, as powerless creatures who cannot even control our tantrums, we would accept wholeheartedly that it is all in Allah’s control.
“If this isn’t mine, when will mine come?”
Same way this appeared when you least expected it, not because of your cleverness or your abilities, yours too shall come. In shaa Allah.
May Allah make every trial, big or small, a means of getting closer to Him.
Assalaamu Alaykum.
SubhaLlah
I really needed this!
Jazakallah khair, this reminder is timely.