It’s easy to lose hope and feel as though all is lost when everything around us seems to be crumbling. Nothing seems to be getting better and as a result, we feel completely defeated. But as Muslims, so many aspects of our religion encourage us to do otherwise.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily, especially abilities that will help us get through the toughest times in the long run. Shaytan comes at us from every corner, encouraging us to lose hope and despair. And in doing so, we forget we have the Most Merciful Lord.
Why is there so much despair and injustice happening? Why are the innocent suffering and when will aid be sent to them? We often want answers immediately and forget that in His Divine Wisdom, He sometimes delays answers for a reason.
There is comfort in the fact that all these feelings and emotions are human nature. That in the stories of our pasts, those people too lost hope and needed reminding. Allah tells us in the Quran:
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.
[Al-Baqarah 2:214]
Unquestionably, His help is near, even in the darkest moments where we may not be able to see it. There isn’t a single doubt about Him being there - All Seeing and All Witnessing.
Me Waki' bin Hudus narrated that his paternal uncle Abu Razin said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah laughs at the despair of His slaves although He soon changes it.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, does the Lord laugh?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'We shall never be deprived of good by a Lord Who laughs.'"
Sahih Al Albani Al Adab Al Mufrad 253
As an ummah, it’s important we unite with reminders like these, because as one body we are strong. We have a Lord that never breaks His promise, a Lord Who knows of every single wrong - a Lord Who never forgets. How can we then lose hope?
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