ۡ
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ّٰ ُ ّٰ ُ َ ُ َ ِ ن
�َو َمك ُر ۡوا َو َمك َرالل ؕ َوالل خ ۡي� الاك ِر ي
“They devised a plan, and Allah devised a
plan. And Allah is the best of all planners.”
(3:54)
In another place in the Quran:
ّٰ َ ۡ َ ۡ ُ َ َ َ
ۚ ِافا ِمنوا مكر الل
“Do they feel secure from Allah’s plan?”
(7:99)
Nobody feels safe from the plans of Allah
except the losers. They are the only people who
feel confident about whatever they are planning,
that it is enough for them. But people of Allah ,
those who have the marifah (recognition) of
Allah, are always scared just in case He doesn’t
accept. What if He has planned something other
than what I am planning?
That’s the reason these Sahabah, who were given
the glad tidings of Paradise, were crying all night
in prayers. What’s the point? Because they know
Allah can take all of that away. We can’t change
Allah , or His plans. Whatever He wants do to,
He can do. They are giving in charity for the sake
of Allah alone but their hearts are trembling
with fear; what if Allah doesn’t accept ?
The Test of Life
We should realize who we are and who Allah
is and why we are here. Once we start obeying
Him, at least struggling to obey Him completely,
then we should think about our intention. Once
the intention gets corrected, we still have to think
what if Allah doesn’t accept it; or what if He
accepts and then rejects? This is a struggle for life
until we go back to Allah content.
This is a regular dua we should make in our prayers,
‘O Allah please be pleased with me and don’t grant
me death until you are pleased with me. Because if
I die and You are not pleased withme, then I don’t
know where I am going.’ If Allah is not pleased
with me in my life, then how can I get any sort of
success? So this is something we should reflect on.
May Allah give us all tawfiq to be able to realize
that, and be able to understand that there are
things beyond the boundaries that we have set
for ourselves. There is something; but we have
to remove these curtains that we have set for
ourselves, and we must see what is beyond them.
ن
ين
�وآخر دعوا� ان احلمد لهل رب العامل