Sometimes people go through a ring of fire. It hurts a lot. It’s like their skin is burning. Sometimes they know deep down that things aren’t going well! But they say, “I have to.” “I have to keep going this way…” “This is how it’s always been…” Think about it! Did this situation you’re in just happen on its own? Out of the blue, so to speak… Really? Unfortunately, in such situations, people never take responsibility for themselves, but the truth lies precisely there. What did the person lose in order to gain something? Who can know the answer to this question besides the person experiencing the problem? You’re right now!
Yes, now you are truly forced to numb yourself in order to sleep…
You are forced to endure him, even though he deceived you…
You are forced to submit to your child, even though he mistreats you…
You are forced to continue this dishonorable life…
You are forced to make concessions again and again…
These are the consequences, and now you are forced to endure them…
Why?
Because you surrendered yourself to your false gods!
Because you sacrificed your honor for that tiny expectation of gain…
Because to save your pride, you lost your identity…
You’re right now!
You really have to!
The price you paid for a lifetime, for that brief moment…
You are compelled to waste your momentary salvation!
Yet it could have been different…
Remember!
What a wonderful opportunity you were given…
How beautifully the truths were revealed to you…
Those obvious truths you didn’t want to hear or see…
What everyone knew but no one dared to speak of…
How beautifully the normalized mistakes were shown to you.
The barrenness of your life, your money, your happiness was shown to you through experience, yet you couldn’t see it!
If only you could have seen it…
If only you could have risen above your problems, growing stronger…
If only you could have realized that the opportunity to grow stronger lay behind those problems…
By complaining,
By blaming,
By running away, you couldn’t do it…
Actually, the most important opportunities are hidden during those crisis times and remain unnoticed…
People don’t know, and don’t want to know, that the clearest, most transparent images emerge during those times…
Who is a friend, who is an enemy?
Who is focused on the solution, who on the problem?
How close am I to the truth? How close to the fake?
He doesn’t want to face it!
It is precisely at that moment that the true nature of those who say, “I am who I am,” becomes clear.
What they have gained and what they have lost becomes very clear.
The crisis ends, the storm subsides, and the false disappears.
What remains is the truth.
That is all we have accumulated up to this point.
God does not give hardship to His creation to cause them pain, but so that they may learn…
So that they may uncover the secret there and grow stronger.
He wants them to make a choice!
So, what does a person do?
They do not fear losing their Creator, but they fear losing that person!
He does not fear losing his Creator, but fears losing his fame!
He does not fear losing his Creator, but fears losing his wealth!
Then?
Then he says, “May Allah help me!”
Indeed, in this period when we need the truth the most, may Allah help us…