One of them said: 'Marriage does not guarantee children, and planting seeds does not guarantee crops, and prayer does not guarantee Paradise.'
Getting married does not necessarily mean we will have children; yet how are we to have children if we do not take spouses? And planting seeds does not necessarily mean that the crops will flourish; yet how are we to get crops without planting? And praying does not neccesarily mean that we will enter Paradise; yet how are we to get there without praying?
So marry, and trust in God; and sow, and trust in God; and pray, and trust in God.
Khalid
1 comment:
Beautiful hikma dear brother.
I was just asked by a non-Muslim colleague about the question of free-will and predestination in Islam. Although he was looking for a purely intellectual response wise sayings such as this should suffice for those with open hearts. We were in His loving care and wisdom in pre-eternity, as we are now, and as we always will be. Should we not be grateful servants?
Your little brother,
Hamza Weinman
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