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إنه ليس وقت ولا مكانا يشفي، بل الصبر والثقة بالله هو العلاج لكل نزيف

It is neither a time or a place that does the healing, rather sabr and tawakkul in Him is the cure for all bleeding.

Ya Allah Hear my heart Heal my heart

In Surah Al Shuara, when the story of Musa reaches its climax with Bani Israel between the army of Pharaoh and the sea, Musa was the one that called out with confidence, “No, My Lord is with me and He will guide me!” He had already seen time and time again that whoever relies on Allah, Allah makes a way out for him. That no harm could ever touch him without Allah’s permission. That often, the things we’re most afraid of have no real power over us. For Allah has power over them.

When you are placed in situations where you are afraid or carrying burdens you feel are beyond your capacity, know that perhaps Allah is preparing you for something great in your future. Perhaps this is a training period. Perhaps Allah wants you to overcome your fears. Perhaps Allah wants you to see what you are capable of, so that you may be bolder in your future pursuits. The possibilities are endless.

But what is certain is that if Allah has placed you in a situation of fear or difficulty, then know He is with you and will lovingly guide you through it. He only plans to your benefit 🩵

When that old dream of yours was finally real

You’ve gone through so much, all on your own

The son of Prophets, cut off from home

You loved your brothers and were still betrayed

Sold as a slave without an escape

But it was not all for naught, Allah had a plan

With patience and wisdom, you became a man

You tamed your desires when it was not easy to do

Yet they threw you in prison and left you accused

You spent years with royalty and then years alone

Then came a dream by the king of the throne

Allah gave you a gift, a purpose to fulfill

Decreed long before you were thrown in the well

You made sense of things that no one else could

You heard the King’s dream and you understood

Famine would come, Egypt would have to prepare

Every little detail was in Allah’s care

You rescued Egypt, the King offered his thanks

Soon after, you received both freedom and rank

You observed patience and after all these years

Wrongs were made right and your name was clear

You became a minister, the story was not over yet

In came the brothers who deemed you a threat

For the drought did not impact Egypt alone

Need for grains brought your brothers from home

You knew them at once, for how could you forget?

But they knew you not and had no regret

Coming together, all according to plan

The climax of the story finally began

The moment arrived, the truth was made clear

Yusuf was not dead, Yusuf was here

They had to admit their wrongs at last

Unearthing all that they thought had passed

How beautiful were you, and how pure a heart

To forgive for the sake of a brand new start

Welcoming them to Egypt with safety and peace

Reunited with Yaqoub, whose prayers did not cease

You once had a dream, before all the scars

You dreamed of the sun and moon and stars

Prostrating to you, and now it was real

So tell me oh Yusuf, how did it feel?

To know the promise of Allah was true

Friend of my heart, I draw strength from you

from us it begins

I used to really struggle with the concept of beautiful patience. How is patience beautiful? What was the secret? I have had the same thoughts about this verse for years and every time I would read Surah Yusuf in a hardship I would ask myself the same question.

It did not click until this Ramadan.

Beautiful patience is to embrace the waiting because you know what follows is surely a great relief. That is the only way to bear patience upon something that doesn’t make sense or a hardship that shakes you to your core. It is to remember Who put this in your path. When you know who Allah is, when you internalize His attributes, when you are upon absolute certainty that He is with you. That He is the Most Merciful and not a single thing happens to you without being full of His mercy. That everything that happens to you is full of khayr because He will never hurt a believer. That He is the Most Powerful and the One who opens the most tightly shut doors. That all of this could change at any moment. That He has complete control over your affairs and complete knowledge, so He is protecting you from something and when the time is right, this hardship will certainly pass. That He is the Most Generous, so *never* will you sincerely ask Him for something and beg him, clinging to His mercy and refusing to give up your duaa, except that He will respond with *more* than what you asked Him for. Wallahi not a single time will Allah not give you even more than you asked Him for if you internalize all of this. Only then— does patience become beautiful. Because you know what is coming will make you forget all the pain that has passed. That He is preparing you for something great. That He is shaping you into someone great. That His love can be found in every little detail and it will all make sense one day, no matter how long it takes.

Endure with beautiful patience, my friends. How can we know who Allah is and expect anything but the absolute best from Him? No— Allah is unlike anyone and anything. Even what you imagine to be the best case scenario will fall short of what He actually gives you. Do not doubt that for a moment. He is Allah. He is beautiful in all that He does 🩵