FWd’ing
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious Most Merciful
Here’s something that might help you understand
why difficult things happens to us sometimes…
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several
hours as it struggled to force its body through
that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as
it could, and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped off
the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly
because he expected that, at any moment,
the wings would enlarge and expand to be able
to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent
the rest of its life crawling around
with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste,
did not understand was that the restricting
cocoon and the struggle required for the
butterfly to get through the tiny opening
were Allah’s way of forcing fluid from the
body of the butterfly into its wings so that
it would be ready for flight once it achieved
its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what
we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go
through our lives without any obstacles,
it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we
could have been. We could never “fly”!
I asked for Strength…
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom…
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity…
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage…
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love…
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.
I asked for Favours…
And Allah gave me Opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted
I received everything I needed!
“So blessed be Allah, the best of creators!”
Sura The Believer (23) verse 14
Send this around to other muslims so that we
understand ALLAH better.
“I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He has a grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the straight path. (The truth)”
(11:55-56)
“…Indeed my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the worlds” (6:162)