Story of Success [[- Part Two -]]

 Story of Success

[[- Part Two -]]
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بسم الله الرحمان الرجيم

Ayyub (a.s.) responded, “Allah gives me what is good for me, and takes away what Allah sees that is displeasing for Him and for me. Allah sees that all of these children may be a strong test & trial for me, so Allah took them away from me. Whether a thing is beneficial or harmful to me, I will remain firm in my belief and remain thankful to my Creator.”

Satan rushed back to Allah and said, “O my Lord, Ayyub’s wealth is gone, his children are dead, and he is still healthy in body, and as long as he enjoys good health he will continue to worship You in hopes of regaining his wealth and producing more children. Grant me authority over his body so that I may weaken it. He will surely neglect worshipping You and will thus become disobedient.”

Allah granted his request but instructed, “I give you authority over his body but not over his soul, intellect or heart, for in these places reside the knowledge of Me and My religion.”

Soon after, Ayyub’s health began to deteriorate. He was so ill that the skin of his body used to fall off revealing his muscles and bone. But as Allah instructed, the only two organs that functioned in his body were his heart and tongue—which he continued to use to glorify Allah. Ayyub suffered through severe pain, but he never allowed himself to complain or falter in his belief in Allah.

The people of the city began discussing, “If Ayyub (a.s.) was a good person, Allah wouldn’t have done this to him”. And eventually, they abandoned him— his relatives, friends, and everyone who loved and respected Ayyub deserted him, except for Rahma, his beloved wife.

After passing all these test with distinction grades, what happened to Prophet Ayyub later?

*The Prophet Ayub (a.s.) Recovers and Prospers:*

Allah (swt) turned to him with mercy.. After this he was restored to prosperity. The Prophet Ayub (peace be upon him) knelt and prayed expressing a deep sense of gratitude to Allah (swt). He never forgot His favours, mercy and love.

The Prophet Ayub (peace be upon him) was one of the celebrated Prophets. Yes. His example illustrates: that those who remain patient under the stress of all circumstances, are never deprived of high rewards. In Surah Al-Anbiya - 21:84, Allah (swt) say:

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّۖ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰبِدِينَ

"So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers of Allah." 📚Al-Anbiya 21:84

Now,

Today, if we suffer one tribulation or the other and make Du'a for few days or weeks without green light, we loose patient and follow the whisper of shaytan by patronising so-called people who claim to have the knowledge of unseen. We take instructions for giving sadaqah prescribed by fortune-tellers or so-called Alfas who are not Ahlu-sunnah (all in the name of looking for shortcuts - which in most cases add salt to injury).

Did we remember that ,

When prophet Musa (a.s.) asked Allah for a victory over pheeraoun, it takes over 40years before Allah (swt) destroyed pheeraoun.. Is this not a good lesson for us not loose hope in  Allah (swt)?

A word is enough for the wise.