When facing an enemy, many of us focus on the enemy's "power" to harm us. Or we focus on the harm already caused by them.
What if we changed our perspective entirely. What if an enemy became nothing more than a tool? A tool meant to refine, shape, and develop us?
What if we changed our perspective entirely. What if an enemy became nothing more than a tool? A tool meant to refine, shape, and develop us?
My teacher often says, "There would have been no Bilal without Abu Jahal." And isn't that just it? Even the existence and attempted plots of shaytan himself can end up having the opposite effect, as we are pushed more towards Allah for refuge.
When we realize that the power is not with the enemy--or even the friend. When we realize that all power is with Allah alone, then every person we meet, whether friend or foe, serves a purpose.
Wasn't it Musa's fear about facing Pharoah that pushed him to seek refuge in Allah? And in that seeking, was he not strengthened and elevated? Until his final showdown with the tyrant Pharaoh when Musa was able to face the enemy head on without fear, and say with no hesitation:
قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِين
"He said: By no means (shall we be overtaken)! Indeed my Lord is with me; He will guide me through." (Quran 26:62)
It it was *then* that the sea was split.
"He said: By no means (shall we be overtaken)! Indeed my Lord is with me; He will guide me through." (Quran 26:62)
It it was *then* that the sea was split.
