Beautifully compiled video for anyone who is going through trials upon trials.
The simplest and most straightforward explanation of a believer's life: Perception of how one looks at things. Every trial is only a means to get closer to Allah SWT, to be purified to go to the most purest of places (Jannah), and expiation of sins. Thats it. Nothing else matters.
Alhamdulillah for every trial and for every ease in this worthless Dunya. :')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SplxgG6rx5o
Some transcription from the video:
Pain and suffering only becomes negative if it creates a
barrier between you and Allah SWT
But it becomes positive, a motivation for you when it brings
you back to Allah SWT.
And this is when every individual who is going through pain
and suffering needs to realize that this point of pain is not that Allah SWT
wants to punish you but rather this is a call form Allah SWT, “O MY SLAVE, COME
BACK TO YOUR LORD!” O my Slave, this is a reminder for you that I want to bring
you back to Me.
And this is one of the wisdoms of trials and tribulations
that while we call each other on the phone, while we text message each other,
the calling of Allah SWT comes through trials and tribulations.
And you can react in one of two ways: Either you can deal
with the pain at that moment and decide to get closer to Allah SWT. Or you can
decide to just restrict that pain to yourself, not do anything about it, and
then you will see, what it does to your deen. And this is the last stage of the
cycle of isolation. That once you are isolated, you will see that eventually
your deen starts to disappear. The content of your salah, the khushu in it, it disappears.
Your ability to recite Quran is no longer there. Your ability to fast during
the day, it gets taken away. What did you do differently? What you did was, you
gave yourself into shaitan. And shaitan's promise is that he will lead you
astray. He will lead you away from the path of Allah SWT.
So in times of trials and tribulations, you need to seek out
the believers. You need to seek out the righteous. And let them be your guide
and help to Allah SWT.
There is actually a blessing inside trials that we don’t perceive.
The simplest trial that an individual will go through is that he is walking on
the road, and he gets pricked by a thorn, and cause him to say ‘ouch!’ but its
only for a split second. The Prophet SAW said, ‘That no individual is pricked
by a thorn, except that Allah SWT purifies him with a sin for it”
Trials and tribulations are a means of purification. They
are a means of purifying you so you can go to the purest of places.
The punishment of Allah is not out of anger or wrath, but
rather is a means of cleansing you of your sins. It’s a preparation so that you
can go to the noblest and purest places- Al firdaus al ala.
And this is why Allah swt sends trials and tribulations.
So don’t sit there and wonder why Allah put you in the
situation you are in. There is no way you gonna figure it out. But Allah says
in the Quran that Allah will make it absolutely clear. Why certain things happened
to you in this world. If He tells you now, the test wouldn’t be the test.
Allah azza wa jal is choosing the most closest to Him
because Allah SWT not only wants to give them the high darajah, and not only
wants to give him that high station, and high rank in front of Him, but Allah
SWT wants to also make him an example for other people, and he wants to make
them people who actually produce and show that they have got a reason to go to
jannah.
The Prophet SAW said, “ A believers affair is strange, when
Allah blesses him with something good, and he thanks Allah, He enjoys the
goodness Allah has given him. And allah rewards him. By thanking Allah he is
getting more reward from Allah. And then when Allah takes something away, and
replaces it with hardship, he makes sabr, and is getting so much reward from
Allah. The reward Allah will give the people who make sabr, will have no limits
and no bounds. (bi ghairi hisaab)
Allah sends hardship to get you in track. You haven’t made
dua in a long time. Rush back to Allah.
Sometimes, we only come the hardway. We
have to be stuck between a rock and a hard place, to remember Allah SWT. And He
opens the way for that. He sends us hardships to perfect us.
Tonnes of benefits in these hardships. The hardshop comes and
its good for you. Because its pain. But pain is weakness leaving the body they
say. If it doesn’t break you it makes you stronger.
Don’t we know the stories of the Anbiya AS. They were the
ones that were tested the most. Yet they never turned away from Allah SWT.
A little bit of difficulty comes, and we straight away ask ‘What
have I done wrong? I prayed my 5 prayers. I give charity. I do this. I do that.
Why has Allah picked on me? ‘
Why not us?
If allah SWT tested the anbiya, why cant He test us?
Allah swt says in surah baqarah 156, “Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allah we belong
and truly, to Him we shall return."
In every tribulation you have in life, you can either turn
back t Allah swt or you can turn away.
Allah gives difficulty to purify the muslims. And just like
a diamond comes out of a coal, after heat and pressure, thus the believer comes
out of his trials and tribulation. Purified and beautiful and invaluable. This
is the state of the believer.
So number 1: Allah tests the believers to purify them
Number 2: Allah SWT purifies the sins of the muslim in the time of
tribulation if he is patient.
Number 3: Allah SWT wants to bring his slaves closer to Him. Through
trials and tribulations. Allah wants you to be close to Him. He wants you to
increase in the Ibadah. He wants you to remember him more.
In that state of trial and tribulation, you feel weak, you
feel helpless. And thus you turn back to Allah SWT.
And this is what He wants.
He tests you not to punish you. But He
tests you to strengthen that relationship in your life that you need the most.
The relationship with Allah SWT.
These are just three benefits of trials and tribulations and
this is the first step in changing our perception with how we deal with the
trials and tribulations. These trials and tribultions in this world are limited.
And nothing. When an individual understands this, he will be able to surpass
and succumb everything. You just have to change your perception. On how you
view those trials and tribulations.
Allah never takes away anything from his slave except that
he replaces it with something better either in this life or the hereafter...
A question: If I couldn't see tomorrow..
what would I have longed to see?
If I couldn't see tomorrow
I would yearn to see my mother's smile
while I pressed her feet..
And would long to see my fathers laughter
while I joked to him..
If I couldn't see tomorrow
I would cry and wish to read more books
I would want to write and learn and paint and beautify my walls
If my eyes went blind tomorrow
I would have wanted that one last look into the mirror
To see myself without any complaints
I'd know that it was always an image, while what looked at it was a soul
If my eyes went blind tomorrow
I would miss the sky's cerulean blue and the cloud's white shapes
A blue scarf or a turquoise- it wouldn't have mattered to me
What would have mattered would be my Hijab in its place
If I couldn't see tomorrow
I would tell every friend of mine
That I still thought they were beautiful in their own ways
And to some of them I'd say
Being themselves was the best they were
If I couldn't see tomorrow,
I would have wished to have been careful with my gaze
While I had the chance
I would have wished to make the best of everything I had
If my eyes went blind tomorrow
I would have known how it felt to see
I would know how it felt to not
And I would know...that you can't blind me
After You had shown me the light
If my eyes went blind tomorrow
If darkness was my only light
If light, felt forgotten..
If my name just became a sympathy
If my dreams just remained dreams
I would know that yesterday I could have seen
and now my eyes just went blind.
So maybe I would have lived life to the fullest
Even when I have lost my sight
Then why wait for all that until I couldn't see?
Night it was, but the land seemed to love her bare feet
The sky, like a huge blanket of harmony
The path like a vast carpet of victory...
Nobody is around so she opens her veil
Taking the chance, a chill breeze kisses her soft pink cheeks
She searches for play and looks around with hope
And Swiftly hears the winds play with her hair
Again, she stares at the dark starlit sky
One by one, they all wave 'Hi!'
She ogles at the unending pathway
The road just lights up with each tree pass by
She felt like singing so she revealed her secrets to the
wind
The birds sang back to her, almost as if they understood her
so well
She yearned and prayed for her dreams to come true
Looks around and sees,
Isn't she a part of
someone else's dream too?
Hope stirs in her glee
Love makes her, with joy,
flee
Happiness engulfs her all along
Her sorrow lingers yet the cheerfulness overpowers it
A forgotten memory faded away with her soft song
Far across the street, a sweet music she hears
The song of peace, the song of a lullaby
It felt like the road recorded her delicate steps
That the birds sang for her all along so passionately
That the crescent moon smiled at her so gently
While the stars watched over her with so much intent
So she rejoiced at her own company
Yes, She bled readily and gladly
At the pain of knowing too much love
She walked along the lonely street
And realized she wasn't really alone at all.
[Deeper than whats written. Has a long story, almost like an entire life story behind it, with beautiful lessons learnt along the way]
I have better beautiful pictures of the same road.
But this is the picture taken exactly when this piece was felt.
But somehow i cant do justice to the feeling, with my words. :(
In the place where I Live, Birds fly with me along my way Children come to me, together we play In the place where I live Fickle Rains come and go, Clouds orange, white and pink, they glow! The sky is blue, very blue The earth is green, fresh and new Waters sparkle, Rivers flow Rainbows appear when you never know In the place where I live, Golden sunlight lights up my room Morning flowers in beautiful bloom The sky is pink During dusk and dawn To butterflies you can wink, Birds sing a song. In the place where I live, There is so much Happiness to give. Its just Beautiful to be You just have to come and see. But the place where I live, Is in no way like Heaven, you know Just makes me ponder How would be, in Heaven, a home?
The amber sun set upon the street The birds withdrew their flying and their tweet And while the call for prayer drifted with the breeze She sat there weeping beneath the trees.
Making shapes down in the sand With her pink and still soft hand Of a family-father, mother, brother and she Holding hands, smiling with glee.
She gazed at the darkened sky And Hoped someone heard her cry Soon diverted her thoughts To the world far away from this drought.
A world where folks like we Were nicer, not grumpy A world where children like she Had father, mother, bread and honey.
Poor lass, she didn’t know What awaited her amid this rotten show While she was too young to understand The meaning of her picture in the sand
It will soon dawn upon her This isn’t eternal, but mortal
She will be freed, she will be free As God has promised everybody, Far or near, a recompense, Far or near, a penalty.
Yes! She will be free, she will be happy With a father, mother, brother Holding hands smiling with glee…
And then I wonder If same would be my destiny Or rather..would it be a penalty?
