God is enough for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.

[BiLaaL]

Assalamu Alaikum,

 

While my heart recited the verse:

 

"And if they turn away, say: God is enough for me, there is no god but He; in Him do I place my trust, for He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne."

 

My mind too addressed my soul, crying out in distress and terror, saying:

 

Cry not out at misfortune, O wretch, come, trust in God!

 

For know that crying out compounds the misfortune and is a great error.

 

Find misfortune's Sender, and know it is a gift within gift, and pleasure.

 

So leave crying out and offer thanks; like the nightingale, smile through your tears!

 

If you find Him not, know the world is all pain within pain, transience and loss.

 

So why lament at a small misfortune while upon you is a worldful of woe? Come trust in God!

 

Trust in God! Laugh in misfortune's face; it too will laugh.

 

As it laughs, it will diminish; it will be changed and transformed.