Why is it that people received everything they ever wished for and here I am, still asking Allah for years and He has not given me? It’s been so long and the trial hasn’t ended. Why? He just needs to say “Kun” and my life will change, but why isn’t He saying that? Why is the Khayr I am asking for getting delayed? What is the hikmat behind it?
Let’s read a lesson from Surah Yousuf today.
Yousuf AS was sent to prison. He asked a fellow prisoner to mention him before the king and ask the king to free me. But what happened? Allah made that man forget about Yousuf AS and Yousuf AS had to spend years in prison. Why? Because, in the delay, there is khayr. More patience is equal to more Ajar. What Allah has written for us is better than what we think for ourselves.
If Yousuf AS had gotten out soon where would he have gone? What would he have done? There was nothing that he could have done, no place he could have gone to take refuge. He got out of prison years later at the request of the King himself and from that moment his entire life changed. He reached a high status the moment he got out of prison. If he had left the prison soon he would have been in the position to ask the king himself, but now the king himself summoned him. Things turned out way better than they’d have been before. Things were in Yousuf AS’ favor now.
Allah knows it’s been long. He knows you’re waiting for the trial to end. He is all-hearing, all-seeing. Yes, His one KUN can change our lives, but if He is delaying it, Have faith that there is khayr in it. Just as He did for Yousuf AS, He’ll take you out of your prison too. Hang on. Do not give up.
