DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawm As-sabt, 16th day of Rabeeu ath-thaani, 1446AH (Saturday, 19th October 2024).

NEVER LOSE HOPE IN ALLAH DURING DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE

ALLAH says in Qur'an 41:51 to the nearest meaning that,

When HE bestow favour upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication. So you see the blessings in disguise when we face trials and difficulties?

ALLAH tells us that man never gets bored of asking his LORD for good things, such as wealth, physical health, etc., but if evil touches him, i.e., trials and difficulties or poverty then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair, i.e., he thinks that he will never experience anything good again. ALLAH  says ﴾وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِن بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَـذَا لِى﴿

(And truly, if ALLAH gives him a taste of mercy, after some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say: "This is due to my (merit)...") means, if something good happens to him or some provision comes to him after a period of difficulty, he says, `this is because of me, because I deserve this from my Lord.''﴾وَمَآ أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً﴿

(I think not that the Hour will be established.) means, he does not believe that the Hour will come. So when he is given some blessing, he becomes careless, arrogant and ungrateful, as ALLAH says:﴾كَلاَّ إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ لَيَطْغَى - أَن رَّءَاهُ اسْتَغْنَى ﴿

(Nay! Verily, man does transgress. Because he considers himself self-sufficient.) (96:6)﴾وَلَئِن رُّجِّعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّى إِنَّ لِى عِندَهُ لَلْحُسْنَى﴿

(But if I am brought back to my Lord, surely there will be for me the best with Him.) means, `if there is a Hereafter after all, then my Lord will be generous and kind to me just as HE was in this world.'' So he expects ALLAH to do him favours in spite of his bad deeds and lack of certain faith. ALLAH says:﴾فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ﴿

(Then, ALLAH verily will show to the disbelievers what they have done, and ALLAH shall make them taste a severe torment.) Thus ALLAH threatens punishment and vengeance to those whose conduct and belief is like that.﴾وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الإنْسَـنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَى بِجَانِبِهِ﴿

(And when ALLAH shows favour to man, he turns away and becomes arrogant;) means he turns away from doing acts of obedience and is too proud to obey the commands of ALLAH. This is like the Ayah:﴾فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ﴿

(But Fir`awn turned away along with his hosts) (51:39).﴾وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ﴿

(but when evil touches him,) means, difficulties,﴾فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ﴿

(then he has recourse to long supplications) means, he asks at length for one thing. Long supplications are those that are long on words and short on meaning. The opposite is concise speech, which is brief but full of meaning. And ALLAH says:﴾وَإِذَا مَسَّ الإِنسَـنَ الضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنبِهِ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَآئِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَى ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُ﴿

(And when harm touches man, he invokes ALLAH, lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when ALLAH removes his harm from him, he passes on as if he had never invoked ALLAH for a harm that touched him!) (10:12). ALLAHU AKBAR. QUR'AN is indeed beautiful. May ALLAH keeps guiding us and protecting us from any satanic influences. Aameen.