I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim
A calamity that makes me turn to God is better for me than a blessing which makes me forget the remembrance of God.
[Quran 65:7]
[quote]"God will create [u]ease[/u] after hardship."[/quote]
When going through a hardship, if we turn to God and push ourselves to be patient, sooner or later we’ll see how that hardship was actually a blessing. There are moments in life that no human being can undergo, unless they are fully reliant on God and certain of His protection, regardless of how much strength, endurance and perseverance has already been given them. For in life there are moments that take all of these things by storm, and only those stay standing who were given surety through the remembrance of God.
[Quran 13:28]
[quote]"Only with the remembrance of God do hearts find surety."[/quote]
So I may live in this world, and have all the goods and possessions of deception that anyone could dream of, but have completely failed at the object of my existence. And if the object of my existence is, as God tells us, only to serve Him,
[Quran 51:56]
[quote]"I did not create the jinn and the humans except to worship Me."[/quote]
Then it would follow that only that which brought me closer to that end, would be a blessing, while that which took me away from that end would be the greatest calamity – no matter what those things were. And so it may be that the loss of everything dear to me is in fact the greatest blessing from God. If that loss brings me closer to the very purpose of my creation, what greater blessing could there be?
God will help us get through this, if we remember Him.
[Quran 65:7]
[quote]"God will create [u]ease[/u] after hardship."[/quote]
When going through a hardship, if we turn to God and push ourselves to be patient, sooner or later we’ll see how that hardship was actually a blessing. There are moments in life that no human being can undergo, unless they are fully reliant on God and certain of His protection, regardless of how much strength, endurance and perseverance has already been given them. For in life there are moments that take all of these things by storm, and only those stay standing who were given surety through the remembrance of God.
[Quran 13:28]
[quote]"Only with the remembrance of God do hearts find surety."[/quote]
So I may live in this world, and have all the goods and possessions of deception that anyone could dream of, but have completely failed at the object of my existence. And if the object of my existence is, as God tells us, only to serve Him,
[Quran 51:56]
[quote]"I did not create the jinn and the humans except to worship Me."[/quote]
Then it would follow that only that which brought me closer to that end, would be a blessing, while that which took me away from that end would be the greatest calamity – no matter what those things were. And so it may be that the loss of everything dear to me is in fact the greatest blessing from God. If that loss brings me closer to the very purpose of my creation, what greater blessing could there be?
God will help us get through this, if we remember Him.
