after times you wanted to scream out loud....
Anxiety and grief plague every human being, and so it is necessary to hear (or read in your case) words that remind us that we are not alone.
I will tell you a story someone related to me from their mother:
There was once a very poor blacksmith who lived in a humble one room home with his family. Although he was very poor, he was very happy and could be heard singing, laughing and playing with his family in the night. The felicity angered the king who lived in the castle next to the blacksmith. "How is it that this poor man is happy yet very poor while I have everything I want yet not happy?" he thought. His anger and jealousy set him on a mission to make the poor blacksmith very sad and depressed. He sent soldiers to the man, in the night, ordering him to make 100 nails by the morning or else he will be killed.
The poor man immediately fell into a state of despair and sadness wondering how in the world he could make 100 nails by the morning. His wise wife suggested to him to supplicate to God to help him out of this situation. He took the advice and supplicated all night long till morning.
Morning came, and so did the soldiers of the king. "We need you to make four nails." Shocked and confused the blacksmith asked, "Are you sure only four?" "Yes," replied the soldier "the king has died and we need four nails to seal his coffin."
The poor man immediately fell into a state of despair and sadness wondering how in the world he could make 100 nails by the morning. His wise wife suggested to him to supplicate to God to help him out of this situation. He took the advice and supplicated all night long till morning.
Morning came, and so did the soldiers of the king. "We need you to make four nails." Shocked and confused the blacksmith asked, "Are you sure only four?" "Yes," replied the soldier "the king has died and we need four nails to seal his coffin."
So you see, the evening can be one way with its clouds of bad omens and in the morning become something else with it's hopeful rays.
In the Qur'an
1. "… after hardship, Allah will soon grant relief." Qur'an 65:7
2. "Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope." Qur'an 2:286
2. "So verily, with the hardship, there is relief,
Verily, with the hardship, there is relief" Qur'an 94:5-6
3. "Is not the morning near?" Qur'an 11:81
4. "(Those) who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinأn (the good-doers).'' (3:134)
4. "And endure you patiently…" Qur'an 16:127
5. "Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy." Qur'an 21:83
6. "Those who patiently persevere that will truly receive a reward without measure!" Qur'an 39:10
7. "And though We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, still they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering blindly." Qur'an 23:75
8. "Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations?" Qur'an 27:62
9. "And We rescued him and his family from the great distress " Qur'an 37:76
10. "...and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve." Qur'an 2:38
11. "Only those who are patient shall receive their reward in full, without reckoning.'' (39:10)
12. Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful". Qur'an 39:53
1. "… after hardship, Allah will soon grant relief." Qur'an 65:7
2. "Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope." Qur'an 2:286
2. "So verily, with the hardship, there is relief,
Verily, with the hardship, there is relief" Qur'an 94:5-6
3. "Is not the morning near?" Qur'an 11:81
4. "(Those) who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinأn (the good-doers).'' (3:134)
4. "And endure you patiently…" Qur'an 16:127
5. "Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy." Qur'an 21:83
6. "Those who patiently persevere that will truly receive a reward without measure!" Qur'an 39:10
7. "And though We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, still they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering blindly." Qur'an 23:75
8. "Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations?" Qur'an 27:62
9. "And We rescued him and his family from the great distress " Qur'an 37:76
10. "...and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve." Qur'an 2:38
11. "Only those who are patient shall receive their reward in full, without reckoning.'' (39:10)
12. Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful". Qur'an 39:53
According to Muhammad (peace be upon him)
1. "Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer."
2. "When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death."
2. "Patience is at the first shock."
3. "…and whosoever would be patient, Allah will give him patience, and no one is granted a gift better and more comprehensive than patience".
4. Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated: The daughter of the Prophet (PBUH) sent for him as her child was dying, but the Prophet (PBUH) returned the messenger and sent her good wishes saying, "Whatever Allah takes away or gives, belongs to Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world), and so she should be patient and anticipate Allah's reward.''
5. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Allah, the Exalted, says: 'I have no reward other than Jannah for a believing slave of Mine who remains patient for My sake when I take away his beloved one from among the inhabitants of the world".
1. "Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer."
2. "When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death."
2. "Patience is at the first shock."
3. "…and whosoever would be patient, Allah will give him patience, and no one is granted a gift better and more comprehensive than patience".
4. Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated: The daughter of the Prophet (PBUH) sent for him as her child was dying, but the Prophet (PBUH) returned the messenger and sent her good wishes saying, "Whatever Allah takes away or gives, belongs to Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world), and so she should be patient and anticipate Allah's reward.''
5. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Allah, the Exalted, says: 'I have no reward other than Jannah for a believing slave of Mine who remains patient for My sake when I take away his beloved one from among the inhabitants of the world".
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