Re: Durood
Peace Tempe5t
It is actually far simpler than that.
Allah (SWT) grants us our desires and the fruits of our efforts, but He has always known what those efforts and desires would be. To say otherwise is to accuse Allah (SWT) of being without knowledge.
Our efforts are of two types du’a and following the nizam (natural order) of Allah to logically follow a path to get us to our destination. If we want to go to a different country we usually fly there on plane. That plane had to be designed, tested, you had to go to the airport, go through customs, sit in the plane, someone - the pilot had to use the controls and it had to use the runway and the air had to flow over the aerofoil of the wings in order for it to go airborne. This is merely utilisation of the nizam of Allah. It is inherent in the air to allow things to travel in it … It is the qadr of Allah put into air. So our efforts exploit the forces … Physics is just another word for qadr. But we should follow qaza too … That is His Divine Sanction. We need to follow the rules and guidance in order to stay in khair and not fall into shar …
Falling in to evil is not the same as falling into hardship. Often evil may have no hardship at all. Often the good may be very hard indeed. Hardship comes to us for only two reasons in this Earthly life. As a wake up call or as a way to increase us in spiritual rank. The wake up call is to teach us the harms of oir own actions and the increase in spiritual rank is to test us for patience. The very best humans will be able to take calamities and love Allah through them realising that He gave those calamities to them and they have the ability to view anything given by Him as a gift - in the truest sense anything in this life is for our benefit … But like a bitter medicine it is sometimes hard to swallow.
Islam teaches us optimism in the purest way … Whatever happens and becomes past tense was always meant to be and is destined … However, if we find that in whatever happens we didn’t do what the situation needed us to do then for sure we are accountable for that. The laziest person could at least ask Allah for something … But some people have not been blessed with the ability to even do du’a … That means their choices gradually leads them further away from even wanting to ask Allah.
Suffering in this world cannot be a punishment as such nor pleasure in this world is a blessing per se … But if after suffering we turn to Allah in guilt or help and if in pleasure we turn to Allah in thanks then both of these have been good for us. If however, suffering leads us to be absent from Allah or pleasure makes us sinful then the same things can be harmful for our souls.
Within the limits as prescribed for you strive and be as determind as ability enables you to be.
Have gratitude in your heart if your efforts then fail, because that was destiny.
Basically this means to be lazy is wrong … We should try hard … But not take any short cuts and not at any cost … We don’t set out to achieve things if those methods are haram, but within the limits we strive hard … No cheating allowed. If after that we don’t actually achieve what our aim was then we breathe a sigh of relief then we can say it was qadr … And be happy in that state that Allah Himself intervened in our plans. What better pleasure is there that Allah (SWT) enforces His plans despite your greatest efforts?