Had two of my girls (in shifts) with me at the bay for the past week. Bless. I always look forward to spending some time with them – any of them! Even if it’s merely 1 day. When your time is spent with people of iman…it’s like having a minty mint refreshing facial spray sprayed on your face. Heh.
Okey dokes. Moving on.
I think one of my many fears is the fear of giving up. What if I get tired of all the hard work? Tired of being patient. Tired of having to face all the challenges in life. Tired of being strong, and tired of fighting for the things I believe in. What if that time comes? What then? Will that time come?
It’s a scary thought.
When your mind and soul is focused on trying to attain and yield goodness in everything – work, people, world, self. Then all of a sudden, you lose the will to carry on and keep on fighting. It can happen. It’s not impossible. Even this very minute – every single day is a struggle. A jihad. Coming in various forms and degrees. Will I be amongst those who will give up?
Nauzubillahiminzalik.
In this route in life that I have chosen to take, I know that I’m not alone. First and foremost, I know Allah is always here for me.
Moses said unto his people: “Turn to God for aid, and have patience in adversity. Verily, all the earth belongs to God: He gives it as a heritage – to such as He wills of His servants; and the future belongs to the God-conscious!”
Allah will help if we seek His help. Allah can turn something that seems illogic to this limited mind of ours into something that is possible. He can cause a tiny and fragile seed grow into a huge and sturdy tree. He can cause the blazing fire become cold to Prophet Ibrahim. He can cause a virign to become pregnant. If Allah can do all this (and so much more!), Allah can definitely give us the strenght to become a stronger person.
If ever my patience is gone, I should be worried. SERIOUSLY worried. What is left if my patience is gone?
Rasulullah SAW said: Sabr is half of iman (HR Abu Na’im from Ibn Mas’ud)
…they who are patient in adversity will be given their reward in full, beyond all reckoning! (Az Zumar 36:10)
So let us all hope and pray that we’ll never come to the point where we’d whine and complain so much on how tired we are with everything… and cause us to give up on striving in the cause of Allah, or plain old everyday workload. ‘Cos if that time ever comes, it just means that half of our iman is gone…GONE.
Allahu’alam.
