Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Guidance (hidayah) is the greatest gift for anyone to receive. A precious gift of a lifetime, to be in constant contentment and syukur (thankfulness), a journey towards purity.

A believer in Tariqah is even luckier, sailing with ease in a treasure-filled ship, under the expert navigation of a Divinely Appointed Master (Shaykh), passing safely through troubled waters.

The treasures onboard ‘The Tariqah’ are endless beautiful lessons that help one cope with the struggles of life.

Difficult situations are necessary for anyone to progress.

Be it physically or spiritually, one learns and becomes wiser when guided by a Spiritual Master, to extract the valuable teachings through enduring burdensome situations.

Sadly, many lose their minds when faced with challenges and without faith, turn hopeless to Allah ﷻ and life itself.

Depression is, as Mawlana simply puts it, “When you want the opposite of what Allah ﷻ Wants for you.”

Tariqah guides you to taste sweetness in accepting Allah’s ﷻ Decree and doing everything for His ﷻ Sake, only to earn His ﷻ Pleasure.

Believers are always hopeful in Allah ﷻ.
In a Hadees Qudsi Allah ﷻ Says, “I Am as My servant thinks of Me.”

It is only befitting that we think good thoughts of Allah ﷻ.

We have in the story of Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) an exquisite example of having absolute trust in Allah’s ﷻ Plan even when hurled into the blazing fire Nimrod had prepared for what he thought would be Sayyidina Ibrahim’s (as) execution.

The vile King’s intention was for the fire to become a source of great suffering for Sayyidina Ibrahim (as), but Allah ﷻ created a safe sanctuary as ‘far as the eye could see’, amidst the flames, to become a source of Paradise for His ﷻ beloved servant.

The fire here resembles the problems we face today and for those who are hopeful in the Help of Allah ﷻ, He ﷻ Will open a way out of our every difficulty.

Sayyidina Ibrahim’s (as) total hope and trust in the Help of Allah ﷻ turned his seemingly horrific fate into the most phenomenal time of his life.

Everything happens with His ﷻ Wise Permission and He ﷻ is fully Aware of every situation.

وَّيَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَحۡتَسِبُ​ ؕ وَمَنۡ يَّتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَهُوَ حَسۡبُهٗ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بَالِغُ اَمۡرِهٖ​ ؕ قَدۡ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ قَدۡرًا‏ 
Quran(65:3).

“ and will provide him sustenance from whence he never even imagined. Whoever puts his trust in Allah, He shall suffice him. Surely Allah brings about what He decrees; Allah has set a measure for everything.”

When Asked, Allah ﷻ never leaves His ﷻ servants empty handed.

Being hopeful with ‘beautiful patience’, sabrun jameel, in adversity, earns one an endless reward, the pleasure of being with Allah ﷻ and seeing Allah’s ﷻ Glorious Face in the eternal hereafter.

Your contentment in Allah’s ﷻ Decree is Allah’s ﷻ Contentment for you.

And Allah's ‎ﷻ Pleasure is Jannah for His ‎ﷻ servant, even whilst in this dunia, just like Ibrahim's (as) sanctuary within the fire.

Think good, do good and Goodness will be with you. Allah ﷻ is not in need of our good deeds, every good or evil act we make is in reality for our own-selves and hence, returns back to us.

Therefore, be busy with Allah ﷻ - in remembrance, pondering upon His ﷻ Favours and doing good deeds- and those He ﷻ Sends as help and guidance to you (following prophetic ways and obeying a true inheritor of Rasulullah ﷺ ).

May Allah ﷻ grant us to always be with the guidance of our Shaykh, in syukur (thankfulness), tawakkal (perfect trust in Allah ﷻ), sabr (patience), du’a (hopeful prayer) and having complete īman that Allah’s Plan is always in our best interest.