Positivity : A Quality of The People of Paradise
by Sh Navaid Aziz
Truth is, all we have now is nothing. Even so, the believers always have something that we look forward to; the Hereafter. Our verdict in the Hereafter determines the real journey of ours. This characteristic already makes a believer an optimist.
There’re 4 things that we need to do in order for us to be positive.
- Getting to know Allah
The basis of our relationship with Allah: Allah is more merciful towards His slave than a mother towards her child. When you’re happy, your mother is happier than you and when you’re sad, she cries more than you do. And Allah is more loving and more merciful than that. SubhanAllah.
Next is, we need to know how forgiving Allah is. A lot of examples in the Quran has shown how Allah forgives so many people and in one of the stories of our Prophet Muhammad is that, if someone is ever repenting, truly repenting from the bottom of his heart, Allah will forgive him, and exchange all of his bad deeds with good deeds. That’s how forgiving our Creator is.
And the next sub-point is one of my favourite. Allah is the Most Wise. He knows everything that we do not know. And have we ever heard the word Qadr, the fate that Allah has written for us since before we’re born to this world? Yes. And Islam is so wonderful, Allah has made it so wonderful as there is no absolute evil in Islam. It’s either the thing He creates brings an absolute good to every of His creations or the good will be greater than the evil.
Even the creation of Syaitan brings something beneficial to us, that is whenever we feel that syaitan is controlling our lust and influencing us to do something bad, we istighfar, that is when Allah will reward you. There’s no situation that is bad, except the good outweighs it. And if we know that we’re in the hand of Allah SWT, we’ll never be pessimistic.
2. Understand that everything that happens in life is temporary.
No sadness, no happiness will remain forever. If you’re an individual that can be content, with the circumstances, you will be happy with what you have. Satisfaction is in the heart. Happiness — when you’re satisfied with what you have.
Life is about peaks and valleys. Indeed, with hardship comes ease. When you face calamity, remember that tomorrow will be a better day.We as human beings, we always remember our golden days, but we forget that our future is still there, and it can even be brighter.
3. Know that Allah is near.
Indeed Allah’s help and victory are close. Allah is controlling our affairs and only Allah is sufficient for us. We have to recognise this relationship. That is, Allah is strong, we’re weak. He is independent, we’re dependent. Allah is the master, we’re His slaves. Therefore, when we feel sad, go back to Allah, seek for forgiveness and talk to Him. He’s there when everyone else leaves.
4. Remember the ultimate victory.
The ultimate victory is when you step in to the door of Jannah. Allah has prepared victory for all of us, the believers that is stated in Surah Buruj. Remember, when it comes to tribulations, it brings you to Jannah. Greatness of paradise is so great, that makes us forget difficulties in life. Whenever you grieve, remember the joyance of paradise that you’ve been promised.
Be patient. Cause Jannah is when you’ll see Allah and He will congratulate you for your patience.
When we feel negative,
- Count your blessings. Thank Allah for all of them, even the little nikmat in life that you’ve never asked for.
- Always turn back to Quran. The more we read Quran, we will be more positive.
- Embrace every challenge and difficulty.
Every challenge is custom made for you and it will make you stronger. Truth is, we do not know what’s good and what’s bad for us, He’s the only one who knows.
Think the best of Allah, He will never disappoint you and when you put your trust in Him, that is the highest degree of worshipping, insyaAllah.
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