Often, we find ourselves in situations that are uncomfortable and
difficult to comprehend why it happened to us. But as creations with
limited knowledge, the best that we can do is trust that this is the
best for us and always seek the hikmah of the situation and that takes
time, guts and effort. Fight. Harder.
“There is a story which Sayyidna Jalaluddin Rumi tells of an ant that’s creeping across the carpet in a
mosque, and the ant complains to God saying: “what is this, these
bumps, and strange colours, and patterns, this must have been created
just as a meaningless obstacle course, what a futile thing to have
made.”
But of course the carpet maker, looking at it from above
can see the patterns and the purpose of it, and can see that the whole
thing is perfect. And Allah (swt) is often like that.
We often
can’t make sense of the misfortunes because we are two dimensional, we
are at ground level, we can’t see what it all means, but the servants of
Allah (swt) knows (even if he can’t always see) that this is a
manifestation of Allah (swt)’s will which is always good and always
perfect and always beautiful.”
- Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad