All Things Will Perish Except His Face

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Allah does everything with a wisdom. Wisdom roughly speaking is benefit that returns to creation, not to the Creator.

For example, one of the wisdom of illness is that if you are patient you will be rewarded in the next life.

What is the benefit of bad things that happen to people? The wisdom behind things happen to us, sometimes is known and sometimes is unknown. We, as humans, have limited knowledge in terms of our existence. We are judging with incomplete knowledge.

When you look at outward perspective with your child being bullied at school, you as a parent might see that there is good in it because he is learning to deal with difficulty. As he learns to deal with difficulty, he gets better equipped to deal with people when he grows up. You know this, but your child does not see it. He only views that something bad is happening. We are like children when compared to people who are closer to Allah than us. They see the wisdom but we don't see. As we become closer to Allah and have a greater relationship with Allah, there is more and more wisdom that we see. Allah gives wisdom to whoever He wills.

But let's say there is no wisdom. So what? Bad things won't go away. They happened, they are happening and they are going to happen. Are you going to be emotional, spiteful and angry?
Someone who respond this way, they have inner pride and self worth. We have to remember that if Allah wills anything, He doesn't need a reason. So the first thing you should do when bad things happen, is to humble yourself before Allah. It should take the inner pride away and make you a better person.

Everything with Allah is in due proportion, All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High. Whatsoever is on earth will perish, and the Face of the Lord, full of Majesty and Honor, will abide forever.

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّـهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ ۘ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ ۚ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٨

And call not upon another god with God; there is no god but He. All things perish, except His Face. His is the Judgment, and unto Him you shall be returned. [Qur'an al-Qasas 28:88]

May Allah Most High save us from the trial and tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam