Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem,
Dealing
with tough times:
Life gets so
difficult at times and nothing seems to be going well. We find ourselves feeling sad, and all alone
etc. but ALLAH SWT says in Surah Inshirah 94: 5-6: “So,
verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief”.
He also says in Surat Luqman 31:17 that “…..be
patient over what befalls you….”.
We should try by all means to be patient over what befalls us because
sometimes ALLAH lets us go through tough times so that we can become better
people.
So we should
never ever think that ALLAH has deserted us at all. He says in Surat Ad-Duhaa 93:3 that:
“Thy
Guardian-Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased”. Let’s hold on tight to the rope of ALLAH
regardless of the situations we are in.
We should not let tough times come between us and Our Lord – thinking
that we go through the tough times because he is displeased with us, sometimes
its not always the case. He wants us to
go through such times, to train us, so that we can appreciate the good times
when He brings them. He continues to say
in Surat
Ad-Duhaa 93: 5 “And soon will thy Guardian-Lord give thee
(that wherewith) thou shalt be well-pleased”. So let us bear with patience whatever befalls
us bearing in mind that the tough times are not permanent. Just like seasons, they will come and go.
ALLAH Azza
Wa Jal says in Surah Al-Imran 3:186 that “Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in
your possessions and in your personal selves; and ye shall certainly hear much
that will grieve you from those who received the Book before you and from those
who worship many gods. But if ye persevere patiently and guard against evil
then that will be a determining factor in all affairs”.
ALLAH Ta’ala
continues to say in Surah Al- Baqara 2:155 that “Be sure We shall test you with
something of fear and hunger some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your
toil) but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere”. This just shows us that with patience and steadfastness
all will be okay. So let us accept
whatever situation we are in and keep our tongues moist with the remembrance of
ALLAH SWT as much as we can so that He can make it easy for us.
He says “Then do ye remember Me; I will remember
you. Be grateful to Me and reject not faith” Surah Al-Baqara 2:152. Let
us have faith that the tough times will be over soon in sha ALLAH! Let us not despair of the Mercy of our
Creator, let us not lose faith, let us continue to do our Salah so that we can
bring ourselves closer to Him and tell Him how we feel. He will never forsake
us. He says in Surah Al-`Alaq 96:19 …… Bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the closer (to God)!
Remember “only in the remembrance of ALLAH do hearts find peace”.
