Patience is necessary when Challenges rear its head
I love to quote the statement of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) when he said:
‘Bad behaviour spoil good action just as vinegar spoils honey’
The coming into this world is an interesting phenomena. In actual fact, part of the mysteries of the life of man is his birth, growth and his aspiration.
You need no reminder that you came to this world with nothing, on delivery: your food, clothing and accommodation comes to you free of personal cost. This is not minding whether your parents were wealthy or wretched, on riches or on rags.
In-between your birth and aspiration, you will encounter so many challenges before you become whatever you may be and after you have become whatever you or destiny choose for you, you are bound to encounter challenges.
These challenges some consider as problems. For every challenge or problem you encounter and overcome, you will be a degree better than yesterday. What is applicable to individual applies to institutions and Nations.
Listen to the Glorious Qur’an, “We have created mankind to toil and struggle”.
Again, the Glorious Qur’an said: “with every difficulty there is relief”
It is imperative you do not become desperate or become a desperado. At the point of desperation, you hamper your thinking process and when you are dejected you become vulnerable. Again what applies to human applies to institutions too.
Worse scenario is when you start looking for miracle to happen without lifting a finger. Note that wishes are not horses. Sudden wealth has a high dose of criminality, no matter how it is explained, you make an omelette by breaking eggs!
In case of any difficulty, challenges or problems, there is never a shortage of advisers. Unsolicited advisers now call themselves experts! Self proclaimed Security, Financial, Marriage, any expert that ask you not to be patient in handling your challenge is not an expert. He will end up,compounding your situation.
When you have issues within your marriage, marriage not relationship, eh hen, if you are married with the support of your family, anyone that advices you to park out or divorce your spouse is your enemy. Anyone that asks you not to take nonsense in your marriage is either looking for the ideal in this material world or he / she is already divorced. You will not get the ideal till you are fortunate to find yourself in Paradise.
What experience has taught is that cutting off the head for headache does not cure the headache.
Now, imagine the number of experts that encouraged fighting the enemy as against dialogue, I ask you dear intelligent listener, if running after a goat that enters a china-shop will save the china plates and cups. Certainly no, it takes an intelligent person to secure the china-plates, cups in the china-shop, the life of the goat and people.
Rushing at the goat is a fire-for-fire approach! In that case, the next shops, houses, human and material will be in danger. Let the one that have ears hear.
Marriage as any social issues have many linkages, so also is Governance at family, local, state or National life; fire-for-fire have never been known to bring solution to any problem. Rather, deep thinking and genuine concern for human, family, community, state or Country, bring workable solution to challenges.
It requires patience to be able to know your challenge, patience to identify the cause of the challenge, patience to find and proffer solution to the challenge and patience to also plan and pray unto your creator for success. Of course, it takes the wisdom from your Creator to also determine your strength and weaknesses.
What The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h) said:
But remember, anything that you introduce gentleness becomes beautified. “Gentleness beautify an act or action. So says the Messenger of Allah” (s.a.w)
It takes patience to be gentle. Yes, it also takes patience to be able to analyze the challenge. A Challenge that became a Problem is devoid of gentleness and patience. You become aggressive when your challenge becomes a problem. That is when you have been overwhelmed, at that point, you look lost and forlorn.
Patience and Gentleness in Ibaadat:
2:150. “And from wheresoever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of Al- Masjid-al-Haram (at Makkah), and wheresoever you are, turn your faces towards, it (when you pray) so that men may have no argument against you except those of them that are wrong-doers, so fear them not, but fear Me! – And so that I may complete My Blessings on you and that you may be guided”.
The Messenger of Allah and The Book:
2:151. “Similarly (to complete My Blessings on you oh people), We have sent among you a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses (the Quran) and sanctifying you, and teaching you the Book (the Quran) and the Hikmah (i.e. Sunnah, Islamic laws and Fiqh – jurisprudence), and teaching you that which you used not to know”.
Show Gratitude to Allah:
2:152. “Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying, etc.). I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favours on you) and never be ungrateful to Me”.
When Seeking Allah’s Help, Be Patient:
2:153. “O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allah is with As- Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.)”.
Even in Adversity Be Patient:
2:155. “And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.)”.
Patience Has A Language:
2:156. “Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: “Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return.”
Allah Guides and Showers Blessings on The Patience:
2:157. “They are those on whom are the Salawat (i.e. blessings, etc.) (i.e. who are blessed and will be forgiven) from their Lord, and (they are those who) receive His Mercy, and it is they who are the guided-ones”.
The Essence of Life is for you not to allow your Challenges Become Problematic; be rest assured that Patience is Necessary When Challenges Rear it’s Head. Remember the promise of Allah, inaLaha Maaha Soobiriina. Allah is always with the patient ones. If you belief in Allah, onto your praying mats dear patient ones! From the bottom of my heart, I say please…
Make Not Your Challenges Become Problems, Know that
Patience is necessary when Challenges Rear it’s Head.
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