There is a story which Sayyidina Jalaluddin
Rumi tells of an ant that’s creeping across the carpet in a mosque, and the ant
complains to God saying: “what is this, these bumps, and strange colours, and
patterns, this must have been created just as a meaningless obstacle course,
what a futile thing to have made.” But of course the carpet maker, looking at
it from above can see the patterns and the purpose of it, and can see that the
whole thing is perfect and is good. And Allah is often like that. We often
can’t make sense of the misfortunes because we are two dimensional, we are at
ground level, we can’t see what it all means, but the khalifa of Allah
subhanahu wa’tala knows even if he can’t always see that this is a
manifestation of Allah’s will which is always good and always perfect and always
beautiful. ~ Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
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I found this anecdote truly amazing. Life
takes us through so many unexpected hurdles and obstacles, difficult and
painful situations and experiences, all of which we often cannot decipher why
these things are happening, or have happened to us. Just like the ant in the
story, I guess, we are only tiny ‘beings’ in this big world where our vision
and understanding is very limited. We do not have the full view like Allah
does; He knows what has happened, what is happening and what is yet to come; He
can see how everything fits together and what the ultimate result shall be.
ONLY HE KNOWS!!May He grant us true reliance and trust in Him alone, with whom
no trust or reliance is lost. Allahumma amin!
source: Healing Hearts
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