Everything happens for a reason...............

Sometimes things don't go to plan, in fact many a times this is the case. I don't know about you guys but when I want something to happen and it doesn't I feel very disheartened, but I need to remind myself that there is a reason behind all of Allah SWT's decisions. We don't always see the reason behind Allah's deicsion immediately but eventually when we look back we can see why Allah didn't give us what we wanted at that point.

Here's a really nice story about this;

Once upon a time there was an African king, this king had a very close friend whom he had grown up with. The king's friend had a very positive outlook on life and held great faith in the Almighty Allah SWT. He faced each problem and situation whether positive or negative by believing and saying: "That is good! Almighty Allah knows more".


The king and his friend went off for a hunt one day. The friend was left responsible to load and prepare the weapons for the king but in doing so he made an error in the preparation of one of the weapons, so when the king picked up the weapon to shoot, it took his thumb away. The friend was obviously sorry for his mistake but also believed that there was a reason for this and he said "That is good! Almighty Allah knows more".

The king was angry by this and answered, "No, this is not good", and he commanded the soldiers to arrest his friend and put him in prison.

One year later, the king was out hunting when a group of cannibals appeared, they captured the king and took him back to their village. They tied his hands, and piled up the firewood ready to burn the king. When the cannibals came closer to throwing the king on the fire they noticed that he was missing a thumb. The cannibals were an extremely superstitious group of people and they never ate anyone who had any part of their body missing so they let the king go free and banished him from their village.

When the king arrived back at his town,  he remembered how he had lost his thumb and how today it saved his life.The king felt great remorse for punishing his friend and immediately went to free him. The king told his friend,  "You were right, It was good that I lost my thumb" and continued to tell his friend of what had happened to him. "I am sorry that I ordered you to prison for such a long period. It was a great mistake". "No", the friend said, "That was a good decision, because Almighty Allah knows more". "What do you mean by that? How it can be good decision? I ordered my best friend to prison?" said the king. The friend answered: "Remember that Almighty Allah knows more and if I was not in the prison certainly I would be with you while you were hunting". Then you know what would have happened to me, I may not have been as lucky as you!


"He knows what is before them and what is behind them and to Allah are all affairs turned back". Noble Qur'an, Surah Al Hajj (22:76)

Do not judge the facts or events for the immediate results! Almighty Allah, the Highest, the Omniscient and the Wise, knows more.