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I serve an awesome God who breaks a coconut with an egg just to disgrace the stone
I serve a Lord who makes the impossible possible, who shatters mountains with pebbles and grants victory through the most unexpected means.
Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. (Qur'an 2:20)
Categories of Children Regarding Obedience to Their Parents Explained by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab al Wasabi (رحمه الله)
It's for all of you
And it's especially for those
Who says my body so my rules
🌿 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 🌿
One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that success in a test is not measured by whether the hardship disappears.
And failure is not measured by whether the hardship remains.
The real question is:
What did the test do to my relationship with Allah ﷻ?
Did it bring me closer to Him or further away?
When my du'as weren't answered immediately...
Did I stop making du'a?
Or did I become more sincere?
When life became difficult...
Did I abandon prayer?
Or did I hold onto it tighter?
When I was hurt by people...
Did I become bitter?
Or did I become more patient?
Allah ﷻ says:
﴿ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ ﴾
"And give glad tidings to the patient."
(Qur'an 2:155)
And He describes them as those who, when afflicted with hardship, say:
﴿ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ﴾
"Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." (Qur'an 2:156)
The Prophet ﷺ also said:
"How wonderful is the affair of the believer! All of his affairs are good for him. If something pleasing happens, he is grateful and that is good for him. If hardship befalls him, he is patient and that is good for him." (Muslim)
Perhaps the true success of a trial is not that Allah removes it.
Perhaps the true success is that the trial brings us back to Allah ﷻ.
Because one day every test will end.
But what remains is who we became while going through it.
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اللهم اجعل بلاءنا سبباً لقربنا منك ولا تجعله سبباً لبعدنا عنك.