ذلك بما قدمت يداك وان الله ليس بظلام للعبيد

ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

In these verses, Allah tells us about a sound fact, that any disgrace that we incur in this world is not by anyone's doing except our own. Then in the following verses, Allah tells us about ways that disgrace can be incurned. One way is through misrepresenting the trials we face as not tests from God but as evil that leads us to either resentment of God or searching for ungodly means of relief (ie. in financial distress, lying/cheating/stealing to make financial gain).  A true believer worships God in good and bad times, sometimes wavering but always committed to going back to it. I remind myself that Allah does not exist to serve us, but rather we exist to serve Allah. When we degrade this essential principle of faith, our hearts are degraded and we are led 'to harm, not benefit'. 

#Harm #Benefit #Guidance

I truly relate to the tendency to resort to ungodly means of relief. When I was going through my exam stress and truly overtaken by fear I sough to find a quick-fix/fast method of self soothing that was unislamic. May Allah swt forgive me and allow me to overcome this and never repeat in times of difficulty. Please pray for me