I hope...To Drown in a Flood

I hope to drown in a flood.  A great flood.  The greatest flood.  A drowning that does not suffocate but rejuvenates.  That is the flood of Allah's bountiful mercy.

I do not wish to rot in a desolate space.  A place of decay and foul atmosphere.  The most terrible of places which exist.  A rotting that consumes the heart, flesh and bones.  That rotting is surely in the fire or leading to it.

I want to shower.  A shower that cleans and purifies.  The shower refreshes and reinvigorates.  That is to shower peace and blessings upon Allah's final messenger Muhammad .

I must seek refuge.  A safety and a security.  The protection that is certain and guaranteed.  That is to seek the refuge of Allah  from Satan, the rejected.

I hope for a peaceful abode.  A dwelling everlasting.  The one where true peace is attained.  That is to dwell in paradise which Allah grants to his righteous servants.

A simple, gentle, kind word is cast.  It is cast into the deepest part of the ocean.  It does not drown but dissipates into the ink of a servant's record book of deeds.

A mean, hurtful, foul act is done.  Its evil resounds to an evil stench.  The evil carries on to the grave of the one who perpetrated it and beyond where its decay is felt.

A great effort to cure succeeds.  It makes clear that life itself is a miracle.  Rejuvenation of those who performed the cure and the one who was cured to remind that the process of curing is unseen while the end result is plainly witnessed.

A child is protected from a serious and imminent life-threatening danger.  The child remains innocent and unaware and pure with its natural belief.  The danger is removed though dangers will come again yet the child will again be protected by a guardian's love and care.

A humble home is constructed with hard labors of the one who will reside therein.  The sweat and hard work that went into it are felt far away.  The stairs lead to higher levels but one has to do more to get to them.

Simply having a feeling for the relation between the material world and the spiritual world is a spiritual accomplishment.  One will always be immersed in a material world.  But the spiritual side of life is one to turn to, open up to and explore with the guidance and help and final revelation of Allah .

Remember the material world is illusory and deceiving if one forgets the creator.  Those non-spiritual indulgences are certainly going to be held to account.  Allah, the Most High says in the Qur'an "Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure." (At-takathur, 102:8).

So if you want to drown in that flood of mercy which only 1% has been given to this world while 99% is reserved for the hereafter then follow Allah with your words and deeds.  Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying: "Allah created one hundred (parts of mercy) and He distributed one amongst His creation and kept this one hundred excepting one with Himself (for the Day of Resurrection)."  - Sahih Muslim 2752 b.  So the mercy from amongst each other in this world pales in comparison to what awaits us.

Let us leave with a story about summarizing the Qur'an in shorter than a chapter which of course would be the opening one, Al-Fatihah.  Let us do it with a verse.  The 2nd caliph Umar asked Abdullah ibn Masud which verse of the Qur'an was the most comprehensive and he replied with 2 reciprocal verses that are: "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it." (Az-zilzilah, 99:7-8).  (from Suwarum min Hayathus Sahaba authored by Dr. Abdul Rahman Rafat Pasha).