He’s got you

السلام عليكم

Apr 20, 2021

Think about all you’ve been through. Think about all you’re going through. Think about what’s in front of you. Allah wouldn’t have given it to you unless you already had the ability to overcome it.

Isn’t that encouraging? To know that we can already overcome all of our obstacles, even before we’ve met them? Maybe we don’t know exactly how yet, but it wouldn’t be much of a test if we knew all the answers. We need to remember to have patience, and sometimes the most important person to have patience with is ourselves.

Short story time. There was a time in my life when I had given up almost completely. I was overwhelmed with sadness, remorse and fear. A fear that I cannot explain in words. My entire world was enveloped in misery, so much so that I would feel a certain type of way when I saw people genuinely smiling and laughing. Don’t get me wrong, pretending was easy but it being genuine? Now that’s an entirely different thing. It is something that cannot be explained and can only be understood by those who have lived it. I have lived it. And I have lived it for quite some time. Minutes would turn into hours, hours would pass into days and days into weeks but I was still there, stuck, looking for that flicker of light to which I could cling onto and escape. Escape from this world, escape from this life. I tried, I really did.

And then, one day, I found that light. That light that I had been searching for all these years. It had been with me all along, but I never saw it. Or rather, I never paid attention to it, because deep down, I knew it was there. It was waiting for me to turn towards it, so that it could unveil its wonders and miracles but I never thought it could be of any help. I underestimated its capacity and power.

It was nothing other than the having true tawakkul in Allah regardless of how bad the situation seemed.

It was then that I fully accepted that what is ordained will come to pass. It WILL come to pass no matter how hard I try to escape from it. And in everything, there is a wisdom which is best known to Allah, the controller of all affairs, the One who has the knowledge of the unseen, the One who is full of unbounded mercy.

We go through struggles, and sometimes they’re big. Loved ones pass away. Marriages fail. Lovers become strangers. People fall chronically ill. And it hurts.

But it’s not forever, and we’re not alone. Even those who have no one have Allah. To become a stronger human being and believer, we need to give ourselves some time to heal and consider the amount of growth and potential we have during these times.

So whenever you feel you are stuck somewhere and can’t find a way out, don’t panic. Remember that each of us has the power to find Allah’s guiding light with good deeds. Allah says in Hadith Qudsi:

….and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil until I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My Protection, I will protect him…” [Bukhari].

Conclusion: I know this is a very short piece but I just wanted to remind you that amidst all that chaos, you have Allah to protect you. He’s got your back in ways your limited mind can not begin to comprehend. No matter how tough a situation is, no matter how hopeless life looks, no matter how helpless you feel, remember that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that light is nothing but tawaakul in Allah. Relax and let Allah take care of you. Ramadan Mubarak!