Wael Ibrahim – Ramadan 2022 #05 – Expecting the Best from Allah SWT – Great feelings when you know His Wisdom

			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi over I get one of the things that really benefited me a lot going
through my year of excruciating pain and physical disability was to read the stories of those who
coped with their own challenges with positive attitude, a smile on their faces and plans for the
future. I used to question myself How could they deal with these massive problems in life and still
keep a positive attitude? Then I had my conversations with my mache mentors and supervisors, and it
came to the following realizations and understandings I'd like to share with you in today's episode
in sha Allah Tala. Number one Allah subhanho wa Taala never test the believers with something that
		

			they cannot bear. Whatever challenge you may face a life. Remember it is a challenge that is tailor
made for you to bear and to cope with the Prophets Allah Allah Allah Selim was asked by one of the
companions who amongst people that are tested the most with the most challenging and most difficult
trial ever, so the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, the prophets, the prophets of Allah were giving
the hardest tests in life. And since you and I will never reach to the level of the prophets, in
their piety, in their commitments and so on, we will never be given tests that are equivalent to
theirs, then the Prophet saw some said thermal and fell fell anthem, then those who are nearest to
		

			them, those who are nearest to the Prophet SAW Salem in terms of piety and so on and so forth. And
then those who are needed to them. So the higher your level of Eman, the harder the test and the
harder the test, the higher the reward. Remember this number two, Allah subhanaw taala will always
test you gradually, he will send you these challenges in stages, he will never send them all at
once. We may describe things in an exaggerated manner. But that's not the reality. Allah subhanaw
taala will gradually test you with a small test, you cope with it, you demonstrate patience,
acceptance, I'll give you a harder one, and so on and so forth. The main reason behind this is to
		

			elevate your status in Jannah because the Prophet saw some said, even a thorn that may poke you,
it's an expiation of your previous sins that you have committed. So Allah subhanaw taala want to
cleanse you before you meet him before you pass away and depart this dunya number three, even if
Allah subhanaw taala struck you with a calamity all of a sudden you will not prepared for it and you
demonstrated patience and perseverance, acceptance and contentment in the heart, because you trust
Allah and His wisdom. Allah subhanaw taala and this is the beauty of this, Allah Subhana Allah will
grant you that feeling which can never be described or even shared, but a feeling that you will
		

			definitely experience and this is now for those people who have gone through similar experiences,
those feelings will comfort you those feelings include feeling the presence and the company of Allah
subhanaw taala because in Allah ma Sabreen because Allah subhanaw taala is with those who
demonstrate patience and you believe that wholeheartedly, you will now experience the presence of
Allah subhanaw taala How does it feel Wallah? He no one can describe it. If I asked you to describe
what is the taste of an orange or an apple? What would you say everyone has his own words to
describe what they eat. But can we really describe the vivid taste of any food that we like or that
		

			we eat? It's impossible. Similarly, can we really describe how it feels to be in the company of
Allah? subhanaw taala? Can we describe how does it feel to accept the color of Allah with a happy
heart despite the difficulty or the challenge that you are going through, it's difficult to describe
it. But those are the feelings that are guaranteed if you are struck with a calamity that you are
not ready for. Yet you demonstrated patience and acceptance and contentment in your heart. I
remember one of my machines one day called me when I was really sick and he started making dua for
me and so on. And then he reminded me of something that was desperately need off. He said that
		

			Subhanallah when we experienced pain, we immediately call upon Allah to remove the thing. We pray
for the removal of the pain for getting the reward of paying if we demonstrated patience for getting
that if the pain persisted, and if we were happy with it in the sense that we are content we are
satisfied. We are asking Allah subhanaw taala to reward us because of what we feel because of the
physical pain, emotional pain, whatever pain that you may go through and also asking Allah subhanaw
taala to reward us for our patients that we have demonstrated as a result of that pain. We forget
that part Subhanallah
		

			So which is better to remove the pain and don't get reward or be patient, be happy, trust the wisdom
of Allah subhanaw taala and receive tremendous reward as a result of that pain. We all remember the
lady who was experiencing episodes of epilepsy and every time she explains those episode, she would
fall down and her garment would be lifted. So she asked the Prophet SAW Selim to help her make dua
to make dua to Allah subhanaw taala to cure her. So the prophets Allah Allah sallam said, if you
wish, if you wish, I will make dua for you and you will get cured. But if you want to be rewarded,
and to attain Jenner, you be patient. So I chose to be patient, look at the look at the different
		

			mindset that people had before. That's why we have a lot of stories where people even did not pray
for their eyesight to be restored. They said, my love for the color of Allah upon me is better or
more beloved to me than my own eyesight. Why? Because they wanted to attain the ultimate reward for
being patient for demonstrating that quality of waiting a little bit longer, until Allah subhanaw
taala decides our affair. So once you understand these points and the wisdom behind these events,
you will start enjoying them rather than torturing yourself as a result of what's happening and
cursing everything around you. You will start looking at them with a different mindset, you will
		

			start using these testing time for worshiping Allah subhanaw taala and getting closer to him rather
than becoming despondent or displaying the quality of the disbelievers because Allah subhanaw taala
said in the Quran, non despair from the mercy of Allah subhanaw taala except those who have no
faith, but Hamdulillah we are faithful believers