Re: Standing Still
^These two lines remind me of the saying that Allah tests you to bring you closer to Him.
Would Beta’s case not also be admirable in the sense that she accepted Allah’s will for her? If you consider Istikhara, apart from guidance …I think maybe another reason why it’s done is so that one doesn’t spend all that time waiting and hoping and can find out what Allah’s will is…it puts an end to continuous dua. Your post makes me wonder how many of the duas we might have gotten had we persisted longer; conversely I think if that thing was in your qismat you would have gotten it had you made dua irregularly, and then there’s the saying that the only thing that can change qismat is dua. It’s like a catch 22 isn’t it? I think the most important aspect is perhaps detachment. To make Allah the end goal of our ibadat and not the worldly dua itself. Reversing the equation can lead one to falling apart and I guess it makes ibadat deficient. Fortunate are those who can maintaint such sincerity of iman consistently. Thank you for the detailed response, Psyah.