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How many times have we all faced a certain dilemma where know something we love dearly has to be let go? A haram relationship? Addiction to a certain substance? Partaking of interest? Allah narrates the story of Ibrahim having the dream of slaughtering his child, Ismail. One of the greatest tests. Yet, look at how Allah emphasizes the whole episode. In the first verse, the reaction, surrender, and acceptance of Ibrahim and Ismai'l to do the act is about around 26 words*.* Surah Al Saffat (37): Verses (102-103). In the second verse, Ibrahim is about to slaughter Ismail, and it’s 4 words. Just four words. Allah placed the heaviest focus on how they reacted to His test, while the actual performance was mentioned very briefly. Allah doesn’t want to see our suffering and sacrifice as much as He wants to see how our determination, feelings of trust and surrender are towards Him. This is very hard to do because we are always looking at consequences, but the lesson here is to shift that focus. Don't focus on the consequences of your surrender, focus on the beauty of your surrender. Sometimes when those are proved, our tests end and what we were afraid of losing returns. In this case, Ismail returned back to His father and Allah replacing his sacrifice with something greater. Our surrender will seem trivial to what openings that may come after. If you were to ever experience what it's like to make a sacrifice for Allah, then you must know that the fear of your loss, consequential pain, and sacrifice will always be compensated. Don't hesitate, you can't afford to decline what awaits on the other side. [link] [comments] |
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