Often there are times, especially troubled times when we turn to Allah and ask this question ‘Why Me?’. I don’t know about others but there have been times when I have myself done this. In good times I never did. Often we forget to thank Allah for the countless of bounties we have been given. We just dont even notice them or think about it. I have noticed that Allah is remembered the most especially during times of trouble and distress. And then we ask questions such as these - Why our Duas are not answered? What did I do wrong? and WHY ME?
One story that changed my whole perspective -
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS, which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From the world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: “Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease”?
To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over – 5 crore children start playing tennis, 50 lakh learn to play tennis, 5 lakh learn professional tennis , 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon , 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD “Why me?”. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD “Why me?”
I know this is not the complete answer or solution to the above mentioned questions but I guess if we touched Allah in a different light, we might be able to understand the theme a bit better.
And Allah knows the best.