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Breeze of Magic | Episode (3) | Settle yourself in the reality that God has destined for you
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The dawn breeze.
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The dawn breeze.
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Prepare your soul for the reality that Allah has decreed for you.
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In our contemporary life, there are many problems that all people experience,
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regardless of their circumstances, occupations, or social standing.
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No one is spared from them.
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For despite the progress of modern life,
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it has become more complex and more suffocating,
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due to the abundance of life's demands,
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the congestion of difficulties,
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the intensity of various wars,
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the suffocating economic crises,
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the severity of injustice,
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and everything that occurs within creation,
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whether of sweet circumstances or bitter,
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or of good or evil,
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nothing falls outside the will of the Great Disposer of the universe, glory be to Him.
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Allah the Almighty said:
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“Whatever of misfortune striketh you, it is what your right hands have earned. And He forgiveth much.” (42:30)
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“Whatever of misfortune striketh you, it is what your right hands have earned. And He forgiveth much.” (42:30)
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In the shadow of these dark atmospheres, clouded by the hardships of the present,
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troubled by sighing over a beautiful past,
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or yearning for a future that the soul loves
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but has been unable to reach,
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some of us live in distress, sorrow, and anxiety.
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Because of this, their dreams have been torn apart,
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their hopes have wandered from their sight,
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their bodies have withered,
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pains have taken turns upon them,
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and they have become weak in the face of these hardships.
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The solution to this problem
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is that a person must prepare their soul for the reality that Allah has decreed for them.
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For their sadness, anger, fear, and inner struggle
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will not change their reality in the slightest.
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However, they can relieve themselves of these pains
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by adapting to them,
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and being content with what Allah has decreed for them of them.
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As it has been said:
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I cannot change the direction of the wind,
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but I can adjust my sails
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so that I always reach my destination.
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And as a poet said to his son:
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Gird your loins for death, for death shall surely meet you,
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and do not despair of death when it descends upon your valley.
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So prepare your soul, O wise one, for poverty
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until wealth comes to you,
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and for illness until healing comes to you,
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and for fear until security comes to you,
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and for every distress until relief comes to you.
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For pains are most intense at their onset,
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but whoever receives them well with beautiful patience
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and adapts to them, they become easy for him,
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and they become a natural element of the elements of his life
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through which he lives.
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And if those disliked things come,
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then look at them with the eyes of the beloved.
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If illness descends,
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look at it with the eye of wellness.
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If fear arrives,
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look at it with the eye of security.
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And if distress comes and intensifies,
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look at it with the eye of expansive relief.
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And beware of declaring enmity toward these pains,
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for then you will only increase in pain.
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Rather, make peace with them and live with them,
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and you will be safe from the increase of their sting,
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until the horizon of their darkness clears from you.
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For this is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them,
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who prepared their souls for the trials of Makkah for thirteen years,
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and they did not falter for what befell them in the cause of Allah,
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“And with how many a prophet have there been a number of devoted men who fought (beside him). They quailed not for aught that befell them in the way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor were they brought low. Allah loveth the steadfast.” (3:146)
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until the migration and the relief came.
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And when jihad was ordained upon them
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against the polytheists and the Jews in Madinah,
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they also adapted to this new atmosphere,
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heavy with wounds and pains,
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the shedding of blood,
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the separation from family, loved ones, and cherished things,
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and the enduring of the most difficult hardships,
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until Islam was victorious.
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And look at Shaykh al-Islam,
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as he sends a message on adapting to the darkest of circumstances,
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saying:
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"What can my enemies do to me?
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My paradise and my garden are in my chest;
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if I travel, they are with me and never leave me.
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My imprisonment is a retreat,
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my killing is martyrdom,
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and my expulsion from my land is a journey."
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And he used to say in his imprisonment in the citadel:
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"If I were to spend the capacity of this hall in gold,
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it would not equal the gratitude for this blessing,"
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or he said:
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"I have not rewarded them for the good they have caused me,"
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or words to that effect.
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So if you are a believer, O human,
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then know that what the decrees bring upon you
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is, in reality and in the end, for your benefit,
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even if in appearance and in the present it pains you.
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Have you not heard the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him:
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"Amazing is the affair of the believer,
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for all his affairs are good for him,
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and this is not for anyone except the believer."
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By Allah, if the veils were lifted for the believer,
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and he saw the benefits behind his hardships,
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he would love them.
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And do not think that the entire universe revolves around you,
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and that all your desires must be met by destiny.
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Do not think this, even if you were the master of the believers.
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For there are decrees that must run their course to their end,
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and perhaps their cloud will pass over you,
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and you will be singed by its heat,
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so prepare yourself for that.
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And the meaning of my words is not
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that a person should not try to rid themselves
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of the causes of their sadness and pain.
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That is not what I mean.
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I only mean that regarding the reality imposed upon a person,
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and the pains of the environment they live in,
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which they cannot change,
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there is no way to find comfort in that state
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except by preparing the soul for it.
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And I say: do not forget to search for the exit through possible paths,
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in the heavens of supplication,
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in the places of prostration,
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in steadfastness on the path to Allah,
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in the nourishment of patience,
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and in awaiting the reward that is with Allah.
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Here, you can live happily,
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in whatever state you have come to,
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no matter how narrow or painful it may be.
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So be a man, steadfast against the horrors,
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and let your character be adaptation in the face of calamities.