The beauty of submission
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
We all hold a vision regarding our future and about our life. We wish and we dream. We nurture those dreams so tenderly and don't even let anything come in between to put even the lightest scratch of doubt in it. We plan for years and we prepare ourselves both mentally and emotionally hoping that our dream is soon to turn into reality. We take things for granted - we try to reason and we use logic as why something should go the way as we want. How can things go wrong after putting so much time, effort and dedication in it, right? Not possible! And we become so sure of our dreams that it almost feels reality. By mistake if we wake up and realize that it wasn't reality we pretend to be in that deep state of r.e.m. We ignore to distinguish between our dream and where we live - the relaity! We pay more attention to our nafs and hawaa. We loose contact with actuality and we loose our mind, we forget all about the decree of the divine will! We forget that Allah (swt) is the one who plans and knows everything. We human can only plan and we can only wish - and thats all we can do. The rest we have to leave up to the will of Allah (swt). This reminds me of the hadith when a man asked the prophet (saw) if he should tie his camel or just rely on Allah (swt). Hearing thing the prophet (saw) replied, 'tie your camel and then rely on Allah (swt).'
Therefore, we can plan and we can sketch our wish according to our convenience and understanding, as to what we think is best for us. We can map out and make arrangements and prepare - but from the very beginning till the end we have to realize and understand the concept of relying on Allah (swt). We need to rely on Allah azzawajaal completely to get the most of our situations in every case. For He (swt) never abandons us. And Allah (swt) states in His glorious book in Surahtul Duha:
--
By the forenoon (after sun-rise);
And by the night when it is still (or darkens);
Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hated you.
And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).
And verily, your Lord will give you (all i.e. good) so that you shall be well-pleased.
Did He not find you (O Muhammad (saw)) an orphan and gave you a shelter?
And He found you wondering and gave you guidance you?
And He found you in need, and made you rich (selfsufficient with selfcontentment)?
--
So, why is it that we human loose track? Why do we forget? We are so naive and so deluded even when we think to be awake. We are so overtaken by our selfish soul! Astagfirillah! We fall into the trap of mixing between our qalb(heart) and nafs (selfish soul). If only we know how to submit properly to Allah (swt) we would stop taking things for granted. We think we are in a state of Islam - we are in this illusion that we have submitted ourselves to the Lord, the owner of the whole world - the owner of the Universe; and we let ourselves fall in the trap of shaytan. We let shaytan whisper and we even let our nafs follow it. We start blaming others when things don't work in our life according to our plan; we regret that we ever planned! Subhanallah!
We get so immersed in our plan and we start relying on people more than on the will of Allah (swt)! May Allah azzawajaal forgive us for such mistakes. We entrap ourselves and rely more on the creation who are eventually controlled by the Creator. See, how we let ourselves cross the boundaries! Little do we reflect on the truth - that our main flaw in the whole process was not in planning or arrangement for that matter. The main flaw lied in the fact that we failed in the process of submission to our Lord. We think we have submitted ourselves if we are doing our salaahs and increasing our ebadahs and elongating our sujuds! But is that truly the case? Did we submit all our wills and our soul ? Have we submitted our intelligence - that uses logic and reasoning? If we really think about it - we don't! Atleast I have failed in my part. May Allah (swt) accept my forgiveness and may He (swt) guide me. We forget that if things don't happen its not becasue its bad luck but becasue that's the will of Allah (swt) and there's khair(good) in it; we can't comprehend with our limited knowledge and wisdom. May be we are not getting the benefit of it in this life. May be there's khair for in the akhirah(hereafter) - or in the future through an unopened, unknown door - which only Allah azzawajaal knows and can facilitate. May be it was His way of bringing you near to Him and giving you the taste of true submission. Once we realize that and once we are able to submit ourselves with all our plans and wishes - we'll find our heart at such ease. We will not feel overwhelmed anymore. Submission to Allah (swt) would not only bring us closer to Allah (swt) but would also increase and strengthen our iman and relieve us of the extra burden - that we have to take care of it all!
Subhanallah! There's so much beauty and so much pleasure in true surrender to the higher power. Once we can submit our whole being - both internally and externally, then only we can be in a true state of Islam and reap much benefit from this deen.
We need to have reliance and tawakkul on Allah (swt) just as the arab poets said:
“Some eyes are restless while others are in sleep.
In meditating that which may or may not occur,
So leave worrying as much as possible,
As carrying the burdens of anxiety is madness,
There is your Lord, who provided solutions to yesterday,
And he will similarly provide for what is to come tomorrow.”
Another said:
“Let events flow in their predestined path,
And do not sleep except with a clear mind,
Between the period of the blinking of the eye and its opening,
Allah changes things from one state to another.” …
We all hold a vision regarding our future and about our life. We wish and we dream. We nurture those dreams so tenderly and don't even let anything come in between to put even the lightest scratch of doubt in it. We plan for years and we prepare ourselves both mentally and emotionally hoping that our dream is soon to turn into reality. We take things for granted - we try to reason and we use logic as why something should go the way as we want. How can things go wrong after putting so much time, effort and dedication in it, right? Not possible! And we become so sure of our dreams that it almost feels reality. By mistake if we wake up and realize that it wasn't reality we pretend to be in that deep state of r.e.m. We ignore to distinguish between our dream and where we live - the relaity! We pay more attention to our nafs and hawaa. We loose contact with actuality and we loose our mind, we forget all about the decree of the divine will! We forget that Allah (swt) is the one who plans and knows everything. We human can only plan and we can only wish - and thats all we can do. The rest we have to leave up to the will of Allah (swt). This reminds me of the hadith when a man asked the prophet (saw) if he should tie his camel or just rely on Allah (swt). Hearing thing the prophet (saw) replied, 'tie your camel and then rely on Allah (swt).'
Therefore, we can plan and we can sketch our wish according to our convenience and understanding, as to what we think is best for us. We can map out and make arrangements and prepare - but from the very beginning till the end we have to realize and understand the concept of relying on Allah (swt). We need to rely on Allah azzawajaal completely to get the most of our situations in every case. For He (swt) never abandons us. And Allah (swt) states in His glorious book in Surahtul Duha:
--
By the forenoon (after sun-rise);
And by the night when it is still (or darkens);
Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hated you.
And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).
And verily, your Lord will give you (all i.e. good) so that you shall be well-pleased.
Did He not find you (O Muhammad (saw)) an orphan and gave you a shelter?
And He found you wondering and gave you guidance you?
And He found you in need, and made you rich (selfsufficient with selfcontentment)?
--
So, why is it that we human loose track? Why do we forget? We are so naive and so deluded even when we think to be awake. We are so overtaken by our selfish soul! Astagfirillah! We fall into the trap of mixing between our qalb(heart) and nafs (selfish soul). If only we know how to submit properly to Allah (swt) we would stop taking things for granted. We think we are in a state of Islam - we are in this illusion that we have submitted ourselves to the Lord, the owner of the whole world - the owner of the Universe; and we let ourselves fall in the trap of shaytan. We let shaytan whisper and we even let our nafs follow it. We start blaming others when things don't work in our life according to our plan; we regret that we ever planned! Subhanallah!
We get so immersed in our plan and we start relying on people more than on the will of Allah (swt)! May Allah azzawajaal forgive us for such mistakes. We entrap ourselves and rely more on the creation who are eventually controlled by the Creator. See, how we let ourselves cross the boundaries! Little do we reflect on the truth - that our main flaw in the whole process was not in planning or arrangement for that matter. The main flaw lied in the fact that we failed in the process of submission to our Lord. We think we have submitted ourselves if we are doing our salaahs and increasing our ebadahs and elongating our sujuds! But is that truly the case? Did we submit all our wills and our soul ? Have we submitted our intelligence - that uses logic and reasoning? If we really think about it - we don't! Atleast I have failed in my part. May Allah (swt) accept my forgiveness and may He (swt) guide me. We forget that if things don't happen its not becasue its bad luck but becasue that's the will of Allah (swt) and there's khair(good) in it; we can't comprehend with our limited knowledge and wisdom. May be we are not getting the benefit of it in this life. May be there's khair for in the akhirah(hereafter) - or in the future through an unopened, unknown door - which only Allah azzawajaal knows and can facilitate. May be it was His way of bringing you near to Him and giving you the taste of true submission. Once we realize that and once we are able to submit ourselves with all our plans and wishes - we'll find our heart at such ease. We will not feel overwhelmed anymore. Submission to Allah (swt) would not only bring us closer to Allah (swt) but would also increase and strengthen our iman and relieve us of the extra burden - that we have to take care of it all!
Subhanallah! There's so much beauty and so much pleasure in true surrender to the higher power. Once we can submit our whole being - both internally and externally, then only we can be in a true state of Islam and reap much benefit from this deen.
We need to have reliance and tawakkul on Allah (swt) just as the arab poets said:
“Some eyes are restless while others are in sleep.
In meditating that which may or may not occur,
So leave worrying as much as possible,
As carrying the burdens of anxiety is madness,
There is your Lord, who provided solutions to yesterday,
And he will similarly provide for what is to come tomorrow.”
Another said:
“Let events flow in their predestined path,
And do not sleep except with a clear mind,
Between the period of the blinking of the eye and its opening,
Allah changes things from one state to another.” …
May Allah (swt) give us the tawfiq to have total reliance on Him and Him only azzawajaal. May He (swt) forgive us our ignorance and our shortcomings. May we be of those who He wants to bring nearer to Him. May He (saw) help us surrender ourselves in all aspect. May we be of those who He smiles at and are pleased with. May we be of those who follow the footsteps of the best teacher to humanity, prophet (saw), so we may benefit in both the worlds of this life and the akhira. Ameen.
posted by Seeking nearness to Allah at
6:48 AM
1 Comments:
I agree... sometimes things do not work out and we feel as if the whole world have shattered. But as long as we are not displeasing Allah (swt) and we have not earned His anger - we should be content and satisfied with our situation. And as you said it - there's much beauty in true submission. Something we should all strive for. May He guide us all...
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