The Shipwreck; Allah is at work in our lives

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The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for Allah to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. He nevertheless remained hopeful of Allah’s help and continued his sincere praying every day punctually.

He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements[wind,rain etc] and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

The “worst” had happened; everything was lost he pondered. He was stunned with grief. "Allah, how could this happen to me!" he cried. Early the next day, just before Fajr Salaah (early morning prayer) he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. “Alhamdulillah” [All praise is to Allah], he exclaimed with intense joy. "How did you know I was here?" the man asked the sailors on the ship. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going badly. But we shouldn't lose heart, because Allah is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground-it just may be a smoke signal that summons The Grace and Help of Allah the Greatest!

 

Allah the Almighty says in the Quran:

"And in Allah (Alone) let the believers, put their trust.'' (14:11)
"And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him". (65:3)

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Everyone, sooner or later, will definitely die and after one dies, whether one believes it or not, the eternal life will begin for everyone. Whether this eternal life will be spent in paradise or in hell depends on what one has done in the short life of this world. While such is the plain truth, the only reason why people behave as if death does not exist is this spell that has covered them up because they do not think. Those who cannot, by thinking, save themselves from this spell and therefore from a heedless state, will understand the facts by seeing them with their eyes after they die.

There is no time, place or condition necessary for thought. Anyone may think while walking on the street, going to the office, driving a car, working at the computer, attending a friend's gathering, watching TV or having lunch.
While driving a car, for example, it is possible to see hundreds of people outdoors. He who looks at these people can think about many different things. It may come to his or her mind that the physical appearances of these hundreds of people are completely different. None of these people look like one another. It is astonishing that, although these people share basically similar organs such as eyes, eyebrows, eyelashes, hands, arms, legs, mouths and noses, they all look so different from one another. Thinking a little further, one remembers the following:

God has created billions of people over thousands of years all different from one another. This certainly is a piece of evidence of what a superior and mighty Creator God is.

[Shamim Ansary]

Some people have a common habit of recalling Allah only at their perils! And Allah is so Great that He shrugs of even to support those people. So, why not to pay due gratitude to the Almighty!

May Allah dispense his blessings to all; including those who are still astray from the smooth pavement of peace, honesty and decency which Allah has instructed to follow!