Plan, plan and plan

Allah's plans...

Some things are beyond planning. And life doesn’t always turn out as planned.

You don’t plan for a broken heart. You don’t plan for an autistic child. You don’t plan for spinsterhood. You don’t plan for a lump in your body.

You plan to be young forever. You plan to climb the corporate ladder. You plan to be rich and powerful. You plan to be acclaimed and successful. You plan to conquer the universe. You plan to fall in love - and be loved forever.

You don’t plan to be sad. You don’t plan to be hurt. You don’t plan to be broke. You don’t plan to be betrayed. You don’t plan to be alone in this world. You plan to be happy. You don’t plan to be shattered .

Sometimes if you work hard enough, you can get what you want. But MOST times, what you want and what you get are two different things.

We, mortals, plan. But so does Allah (subhan wa ta'aala) in the heavens. Sometimes, it is difficult to understand Allah’s plans... especially when His plans are not in consonance with ours .

Often, when He sends us crisis, we turn to Him in anger. True, we cannot choose what Allah wishes us to carry, but we can carry it with courage knowing that He will never abandon us nor send something we cannot cope with .

Sometimes, Allah breaks our spirit to save our soul
Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole
Sometimes, He allows pain so we can be stronger
Sometimes, Allah sends us failure so we can be humble
Sometimes, He allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves.
And sometimes, Allah takes everything away from us... so we can learn the value of everything He gave us

Make plans, but understand that we live by Allah’s grace.

"Although they plan, Allah also plans. And Allah is the Best of Planners" [ Qur'an 8:30 ]

[Muhammad Al-Shareef]