Saturday 10 July 2010

:: Struggle of a butterfly ::

Assalam Alaikum,

I read this story in one of the post in facebook.
Just makes me wonder about two things:
  • That indeed, in nature, there's relief after every difficulty 
  • There are family and friends around us who really want the best for us and try all their means to make us a better person by getting us out of our difficulty... But... Are they those who is cutting our 'cocoon'?
Something to ponder upon...


W'salam,
Khadijah C.



Struggle of a butterfly
Source: Facebook group - I pray that my last words will be 'La ilaha illallah'

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Allah's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

So we must remember to have patience throughout these struggles as it's not only a test from Allah subhana Wa ta'ala, but a way of making us stronger and that there is always a reward for these struggles.


So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
( سورة الشرح , Al-Inshirah, Chapter #94, Verse #5)

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