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I like to share one episode in Surah Al-kahfi, that really inspiring me in my life. When i am in the state of trials or hardship, I will apply this story to my self and it really help me much in understanding the wisdom behind what Allah had determined for us in our life. I met a lot of good/ excellent people in my life. When they shared with me their experiance/ trials, I suddently feel humble to Allah, because some of my collegue were hardly tested by Allah and still they are very positive and never lose hope to Allah - with that I realised that how less i am in thankful/grateful to Allah who always love me, always listen, always pay attention, always protect me, care about me, give me sustainance, money, food, shelter, health, good family, good resources, and everything.
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In the surah al-kahfi, there is a story of one man [Prophet Khaydir] and Prophet Musa as. There is a long discussion actually about who this man is [khaydir] and why both of them met. I will not focus to that part - because it be related to another interesting discussion that I intend to share with you next time.
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In short, Prophet Musa a.s wants to learn something from this knowledgable man [prophet khydir] which Allah bless him with knowledge and wisdom [as instructed by Allah swt]. This man was reluctant in the first instance, [because he said that Prophet Musa a.s. might not able to understand the wisdom behind all of his actions, and he might lost his patience later on], but Prophet Musa a.s guaranteed that Allah will make him to bear patient with what Prophet Khydir is about to do. Prophet Khydir did 3 things. First, he make hole on the ship they are in, second, he killed a boy and third he repaired a wall in a town - and although Prophet Musa a.s promised not to complain [about whatever action taken by Prophet Khydir], he did not able to control himself and he was complaining/ rejecting/disagree with all Prophet Khydir action. And finally, before they adjourned, Prophet khydir interpret what he did [and the wisdom behind all actions that he took].
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Lets look at Prophet Khydir explanations and lets understand them - hopefully we can learn something out of this story. Surely this story is beneficial to us, because it is in the Al-Quran that was decended from the seven heaven!
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Bismillahirrohmannirrohim
18: 78 [Al-Khidr] said "This is parting between me and you . I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience
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[my note: First Action: Al-Khidr make a hole in the ship]
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18: 79 As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force
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[my note: Second action: Al-Khidr kill a boy]
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18: 80 And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief
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18:81 So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy
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[my note: Third action: Al Khidr repaired a wall without receiving any payment]
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18: 82 And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a tresure for them, and their father has been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their tresure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience".
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Masya Allah, how perfect He is in planning. SubhanaAllah.
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Alright, lets have a look at the first action did by Prophet khydir. He make a hole to a ship [and it belong to a poor people working at the sea] and he explain the interpretation behind it, that there will be a tyrant king that will take all good ship by force.
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Ok, lets imagine that we are the poor people working at the sea, and the ONLY source of income is the ship [that might be used to carry people or to catch fish, etc] and suddently we found that someone make a hole to our ship and we might not able to use the ship for few days and it need to be repaired. Lets imagine if we are that "poor people". How do you feel?
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We must be very very sad right? We are already poor [as mentioned in the ayat], so what else we have? Of course we dont have enough food, or do not have enough savings etc, so basically our rezki depends on the ship that we use everyday. And if something happened to that ship, we probably will have no food for the next few days. It is human nature to feel upset right?
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But what is the beauty behind this test. Masha Allah, only Allah knows. There was a king, a tyrant king, which will take all good ship by force later on. And of course his ship will not be taken away, because it got hole in it. And of course, when the owner of the ship discovered that his friend's ships were taken away by the bad king, he will be very grateful because Allah save his ship - at least it is not too bad to have imperfect ship rather than it taken by force [by a king].
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Understanding about this simple story really touches us to the core. First, as a human we cant never predict Allah's plan. We think sooo short. We are unable to grasp a meaning behind what had happend. The fact is that, we are unable to differentiate between which one is GOOD FATE and which one is BAD FATE. In the eyes of Allah, all fate are good, because he destined that with full of wisdom and reason.
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Second, as in the case of this poor people, of course this is a hard test for him given by Allah. But the beauty is that Allah give him a test, that will save him from bigger test/ bigger calamity [save his ship from taken away from the king]. So for the people that being tested by Allah, lets exercise patience. Lets exercise patience for the sake of pleasing Allah. And put a whole trust in Him, only. Allah may test us, because He wants to save us from bigger calamity in the future.
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Third, we are completely unreasonable to question about Allah's plan. We are arrogant if we complain about Allah's destiny upon us [as if that Allah is not good enough in planning everything], astagfirullah hal adzim, nauzubillah hi min zalik. Whatever it is, whatever the test is, exercise patient and learn to teach ourself the tawakkal to Allah, that Allah by his mercy will show us the beauty of the test later on. InsyaAllah.
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We as human always make mistake. When we received a blessing from Allah, we think that we DESERVE IT. Astagfirullah. Do we think that we are good/pious/solehah enough to receive Allah's blessing? Hey, wake up!. Hey Aisyah, wake up! People in Palestine are much much better than you, people in Libya, in Egypt are million times better/ more pious than you. They are hafidz/ hafizah and Al-Quran is all in their heart. Four million people in Libya memorised Al-Quran and Allah test them with no food, war, poverty, famine, loss of life etc. And yet, when you receive a lot of blessings from Allah, you less thankful and YOU THINK that you are good enough to deserve it??? Guess what? In terms of iman they are much much more better than you Aisyah - they are supposed to be more qualified to take your position, despite of Allah give you good sustainance, over the 31 years of your life, what did you do??? Are you grateful to Allah? [I m not lecturing you the reader, I am lecturing myself actually].
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And when Allah test us with little things, we start TO COMPLAIN. Astagfirullah. But when Allah give you more blessing over the other; we NEVER complain. Astagfirullah. Do not complain/ blame Allah when Allah is testing you, because it is a footstep of SATAN. He blamed Allah when Allah curse him. Be patient. Be steadfast. Accept it with humble heart and be patient. Walirobbika fasbir [AlQuran; 7:74] [exercise patience to please your Lord].
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InsyAllah we will have a look at the other two stories [Al-Kydir killed a boy and repaired a wall] in the next part insyaAllah. And lets us discuss it in a simple way on how to apply this story in our life. May Allah Al-Qawiy always bless us with stregth to face a challenge in our life and may Allah Al-Wahhab bless us with his mercy and kindness.
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Love
Aisyah
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