Ramadhan Day 28 / Juzz 28
"No disaster strikes except
by permission of Allah. And whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his
heart. And Allah is Knowing of all things." [64:11]
"No calamity of any sort
ever strikes..." مصيبة in Arabic means calamity, but can also mean 'to target.' Allah
is teaching us by the use of this word, that nothing ever happens to you that
wasn't actually meant for you. It was specifically targeted to you and that
difficulty hit its target. And a مصيبة is not necessarily a bad thing. It's something Allah wanted to
happen to you.
The ما at the beginning of the ayah is a refutation. Its
like Allah is saying 'Don't you ever think that it was anyone other than Allah
that put you through what you were going through!' In other words, it was
Allah's will directly, good or bad. If your happy with Allah's will, whether
through suffering or overjoy, then you are truly pleased with the decree of
Allah.
Allah then says "and
throughout that calamity whoever keeps their *faith*..." You know why
Allah said this? Because it's when calamity strikes that people lose their
faith. They begin to question Allah. But Allah is saying if you can maintain
your faith through this calamity, if we can all be strong and keep our faith
through these tests, this oppression in Gaza, in Syria, and in all parts of the
world. Then Allah says He will gift us. How?
"He will guide your
heart."
There is nothing more valuable in
this world than Allah granting you guidance. If you go through hardship and
remain patient then Allah will give you Imaan in your heart. He will guide your
heart in everything you do. Every beat that heart takes will be with the
remembrance of Allah.
Where do we feel the pain of
calamity? In our hearts. Allah will remove this pain and fill it with Imaan.
Ya Allah, those Muslims that are
suffering in all parts of the world, ya Allah, guide their hearts, and keep
them and all our hearts, strong in faith, ameen.
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