If Allah, by His wisdom, closes one path of provision for you, He opens, by His Mercy, another path more beneficial for you.
Consider the state of the fetus in the womb of his mother and how his
provision comes to him in this premature stage while he is just mere
blood. His provision comes to him from one path, which is through the
umbilical cord, however when the fetus exits the womb of his mother,
this path is cut off and two other paths are opened for him. And through
these two paths he receives a provision that is more wholesome,
healthier and sweeter, milk from the two breasts. When his term of
breastfeeding is finished, these two paths are cut off, by weaning the
child off of the breast and Allah opens four other paths for him which
are more ideal and complete. These four paths include two types of food
and two types of drink. As for the food, meat from the animals and
fruits and vegetables from the earth. As for the two drinks, fresh
water and pure milk and whatever is derived from them.
And when he
inevitably dies, these four paths are cut off from him, but if he is of
those who will be successful and prosperous, Allah Subhannahu wa taala
opens up eight more paths for him, which are the eight doors to
paradise, he can enter through any of them as he pleases!!Likewise,
Allah does not prevent His slave from anything of this dunya (i.e.
transient things of this life), except He will give him what is more
beneficial for him from it. Nevertheless this is only for the believer,
for he is prevented from his lowly portion of this life, while Allah is
not pleased with it for him, in order to give him a greater and more
superior portion (i.e. in the hereafter).
Free your mind from
the grief you experience as a result of worrying about your life and
provision and make room in it to preoccupy yourself with the things you
have been commanded with. Do not preoccupy yourself with those things
that are inevitable regarding your life and provision, as both of them
are linked to one another. So as long as your life continues, your
provision will continue to come to you!
However, the
slave, due to his ignorance of what is, in fact, beneficial for him as
well as the munificence of his lord, His wisdom and gentleness, he
doesn’t comprehend the difference between what he was prevented from and
what is actually stored for him (i.e. in the hereafter). Instead, he
is ardently in love with the transient enjoyment of this life, even if
it is lowly and appalling and less interested in the home of the
hereafter, even if it is.
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