(My Lord, expand for me my chest; and ease for me my matter.﴿ Ṭāhā:25-26 The first part helps you overcome inner hurdles (worries, fears, anxieties, qualms…), the second part removes your outer hurdles (difficulties, road blocks, rejections,…) and thus bringing about your matter in a graceful manner. Increase in this duʿāʾ.…
One of the most difficult forms of patience is being patient with the unknown and the uncertain; when you don’t know what’s going to come, when you don’t know the ‘whys’ for whatever that’s happening, when you need definite answers but you’re left with questions and doubts… And this is why al-Khiḍr said to Prophet Mūsā, before accepting his request to impart sacred knowledge, ﴾And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?﴿ al-Kahf:68 Bright side:…