RAMADAN 25: THE STORY OF MUSAThis beautiful story of Musa AS and his mother is told in Surah Al-Qasa

RAMADAN 25: THE STORY OF MUSA

This beautiful story of Musa AS and his mother is told in Surah Al-Qasas. I cried while making these notes. It taught me not to lose hope in Allah no matter how yucky the situation can be. To have sabr. 

Yesterday I tweeted that sabr is a verb, not a noun. Although patience is clearly a noun, sabr is more than that. It is to persist. To accept, but to also work something out to better the situation while having faith in Allah. Usually people (especially those who like to misuse Islam and prophetic sayings) will tell us to just sit through the bad situation in the spirit of being sabr, then when things get worse, they tell you “it’s your qadr, it is written”. Are you for real?

When Musa was thrown into the river, did Musa’s mother simply leave everything to god? Nope. She had her daughter to trace Musa, to make sure Musa is okay. Although she was sad, she didn’t just mourn and accept what she had to do. She did something. Only then did Allah bring them back together.

Another lesson learnt from this story is, Allah will never disgrace you. All the hardship we go through, whether it’s the death of our loved ones, losses, breakups, failures etc are there for a reason. They all happen by Allah’s wisdom. And if we persevere and have faith in Him, we will get something better in return. Allah will definitely provide you with a reward bigger than those tests, if not now, in the akhirah. He promised.

Yasmin Mogahed once said, sometimes this dunya will sink us down to the depths of the sea, the ocean floor. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back up—stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels.

So whatever you are going through, I pray that Allah gives you the strength & make it easy for you.

With love, Aisyah.