Got this in an email:
Subject: Allah’s blessings
SUBHAAN ALLAAH (Glory be to Allah)
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a 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 was 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!
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May Allah Bless You.
May Allah Bless you with unspeakable joy, not only in the world to come,
But in this world also.
May your path be bright and full of light everywhere you go.
May Allah tell darkness that it must flee at your command. And, I pray your
feet will never stumble out of Allah’s plan.
May the desires of your heart come true, And may you experience Peace in
everything you do.
May Goodness, Kindness, and Mercy come your way.
Please send this Caber Blessing to those you care about. It may be just
What they need to hear, at just the right time!
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“O Allah, I seek refuge in you from knowledge which does not benefit, from
a
heart which does not feel humble, from a soul that does not feel contended
and from an invocation that is not answered.”