The Decree (Al Qadr)

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

The ups and downs in our lives are meant for our betterment so that we have the potential now to move forward and do the tasks that Allah has assigned for us. All of it is with the decree of Allah.

In Surah Ta-Ha, Allah reminded Prophet Musa alayhissalaam of his childhood, that Allah took care of him at every stage of his life, that Allah never abandoned him. Everything was in accordance with Allah's plan. His entire life before prophethood was summarized in these verses.

إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿٣٨﴾ أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ ﴿٣٩﴾ إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾ وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى ﴿٤١

When We inspired to your mother what We inspired, (38) [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye. (39) [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses. (40) And I produced you for Myself. (41)

And through this story, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was reminded that Allah too took care of him at every stage of his life -- when he was an orphan, when his mother died, when his grandfather died, and Allah was not going to abandon him now.

Obviously we are not prophets. But every one of our lives and every aspect of our lives is controlled by the same book that controls the lives of the prophets, the Ummul Kitab that is with Allah. So too every one of us in our own ways have been protected by Allah so that we are where we are today. Allah wanted us to be where we are now so that we can go forward to do our tasks that Allah wants us to do with the help of Allah.

May Allah grant ease in all our affairs and never leave us alone even for a blinking of an eye. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam