Bismillah
Assalaamu Alaikum,
What I am most grateful for on my path to memorize Quran is every moment that Allah allows me to escape from myself. It is truly a relief to be able to get out of my own head and be transported to another place, another time.
Sometimes when I read the stories in Quran I feel as though I’ve morphed into an alternate state of existence. I listened to Master Yoda this passed Friday speak about Sura Kahf. So I’ll pick up from the part that most touched me. Musa upon him peace, retraces his steps back to the spot where he and his companion lost the fish. And “It swam in a most miraculous way”.
They meet Khidr. And master Yoda mentioned that Khidr was resting wrapped in his cloak. Then he explained the scene. Musa is on a journey looking for a special servant of Allah. This special servant has also been sent to find Musa. Every step of the way Allah is guiding the footfalls of these two men.
How is it that I so often forget that everything I will ever do has already been written dow? Allah knows me/us well. It is His blessing and mercy that is making air pass through my lungs right now.
The lessons from sura Kahf went on and continued but I paused there in the moment when Musa comes upon Khidr and Khidr is chilled out. Perhaps he is taking a nap. What kind of certainty must he have had to have been beyond anxiety worry or concern that Musa would be “on time”?
He was able to rest which means he was at complete ease. “When I look out into the world, nay, when I consider the difficulties that I know I will soon face it can fill me with so much agitation and consternation that I can’t sleep for worrying.
Khidr was able to rest because he had certainty. He was a servant of Allah who had knowledge of secrets in the unseen. We don’t have that knowledge. But we don’t need to know the secrets of the unseen to remember or to know that whatever we will face, no matter what it is, Allah will be there with us every step of the way. To gain our certainty in Allah’s plan for us all we have to do is read Quran. Will any of us then take heed? (Qamar)