APN’E MN ME DUUB KR…

(Realize the purpose of life)

 

 

One day, I focused on my arms and hands and found them strong but a bit strange.

 

I found them looking at me with a question, “Bilal, who are you”?

 

The question created thousands of thoughts in my mind, like:

How did I get these arms and hands?

Who created them?

(Because I never created them)

Who gave them hair, skin, bones, flesh etc…?

Who made them so smart and strong?

(Because I cannot create any such thing)

 

Thousands of thoughts were going on, but at spot, I heard a few words that were very strong, “ALASTU BI RABBIQUM?”(Who is your Lord?)

 

It was a great shock to me because what I knew, “I was their lord, and the world was my lord”.

 

I further went in depths of my heart, and finally found, “how I came to this world, and became its part”.

 

Then I read the Holy Quran, that showed me the realities of this world, as well as who is the Lord of the world(s)…

 

It made me shamed that what were my thoughts, and I burst into tears and prayed to my Lord,

“O ALLAAH, pardon me, forgive me, I’m ignorant. Show me the right path that You like for me to walk…”

 

Finally, my Lord taught me the words,

“IYYAAKA NA’ABUDU WA IYYAAKA NASTA’EEN”

[You (alone) we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help (for each and every thing)]