Assalam Alaikum,
A great lecture to see 'trials and tribulations' in the right perspective~
Events which happened that broke our heart, broke our trusts, broke our savings, broke any other things... are just events that make us realise that there's one thing which could not be broken - The link with our creator~
Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return":-الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #156)
W'salam,
Khadijah C.
Salam,
ReplyDeleteAll night, a man called “Allah”
Until his lips were bleeding.
Then the Devil said, “Hey! Mr Gullible!
How comes you’ve been calling all night
And never once heard Allah say, “Here, I am”?
You call out so earnestly and, in reply, what?
I’ll tell you what. Nothing!”
The man suddenly felt empty and abandoned.
Depressed, he threw himself on the ground
And fell into a deep sleep.
In a dream, he met Abraham, who asked,
“Why are you regretting praising Allah?”
The man said, “ I called and called
But Allah never replied, “Here I am.”
Abraham explained, “Allah has said,
“Your calling my name is My reply.
Your longing for Me is My message to you.
All your attempts to reach Me
Are in reality My attempts to reach you.
Your fear and love are a noose to catch Me.
In the silence surrounding every call of “Allah”
Waits a thousand replies of “Here I am.”
~ Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
from,
penang(Malaysia)
Jazakallah khair sis
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