If you read the story of Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (the Companions of the Cave), you will learn an incredible amount about Allāh.
You will learn what He can do for you, how He can take care of you, how He is never distant from His obedient slaves. You will learn that when you are in Allāh’s Mercy, He doesn’t just care for the ‘bigger picture’ but He ﷻ looks after the finest most details in your life too.
Right from the beginning of the story, almost every āyah tells us about what Allāh did for Aṣḥāb al-Kahf, and in effect, we learn what He can do for us too.
فضربنا على آذانهم
So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears…
ثم بعثناهم لنعلم
Then We awakened them that We might show…
نحن نقص عليك نبأهم
It is We who relate to you, their story in truth…
وزدناهم هدى
and We increased them in guidance..
وربطنا على قلوبهم
And We made firm their hearts when they stood up and said…
On and on, and on.
To the untrained heart, it might seem that Allāh intervened and brought relief only at the end, but the truth is that all along Allāh was caring for them. Just as He does for you and I.
When a person is faced with a problem, one complaint the ignorant amongst us have is, “Why isn’t Allāh doing anything?!”
But if we stopped being so self-absorbed for a second and opened our eyes, we’ll see just what He does for us – not only in response to our duʿāʾ but also in response to the īmān in our hearts. We’ll see just how magnificently Allāh cares for us throughout the problem.
Allāh is always with us, those who lack knowledge about Allāh fail to see this.
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