Friday, March 24, 2006

Only that which Allaah wills, happens!

Assalamoalaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

I heard this another lecture by some shaikh and I want to share the main theme of it. It helped me be patient and persevering and not be anxious and depressed. The title of the lecture was, "love and favour of Allaah". What hit me during the whole lecture was the examples of the Prophets A.S. to show the reality.
  • Nooh A.S. wanted to save his son and until the last moment asked him to come to the ship with him and be saved by accepting La Illaha IllAllaah. But Allaah had willed for me to be drowned because of his disbelief.
    - A father wanted to save his son, but Allaah willed it to be the other way and this father was helpless even though he was Allaah's beloved Prophet.
  • Prophet Mohammad SAW wanted his uncle to read La Illaha IllAllaah and die as a believer so he enters Jannah, but Allaah's decree overtook him and he died as a disbeliever.
  • Yunas A.S. tried to run away from his disbelieving people and Allaah's will overtook him and he was swallowed by a fish and then by Allaah's will, he was again saved and came out of the fish's stomach alive.
These are just a few examples of how Allaah's will even overtook the Prohpets (May Allaah be pleased with them). We, on the other side, are just ordinary human beings who don't compare to the Prophets A.S. in any sense. We are far from the strength and trust that they had upon Allaah. When Allaah Subhana Wata'ala did not even grant the Prophets their wills, despite their status in the sight of Allaah, who are we to complain and brag about things that don't happen the way we want them to happen?

Why it is so hard to make dua, and put our trust in Allaah and believe firmly that only what Allaah wills will happen. Why do we forget that Allaah Subhana Wata'ala hates to send His slaves empty-handed when they ask Him? He is Al-Hakeem, Al-Aleem. Only He knows what is good for His slaves and when He does not answer a dua immediately, it is only for our benefit. We humans don't know that what we are asking for might be harmful for us, but Allaah Subhana Wata'ala is Al-Aleem.

In the end, only that which Allaah wills happens. There was a beautiful passage I read somewhere once. Here it goes: There is your will and the will of Allaah. Only if you submit to the will of Allaah, you will also be granted your will, but if you go against the will of Allaah, you will not be granted your will and in the end, only that which Allaah wills will happen.

posted by Allah's Slave @ 5:48 PM

2 Comments:

At 3:55 PM, Blogger Arshad said...

Asalaam alaikum,

Alhumdullilah you have a nice website. Alhumdullilah a good post as well.Duaa (supplication) is the weapon of the believer.

wasalaam,
Arshad

 
At 5:40 PM, Blogger Allah's Slave said...

walaikumasalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

jazakum Allahu Khayr brother. May Allaah be with you. Amin thuma amin

 

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