How Ramadhan Trains Us for Life’s Trials

How Ramadhan Trains Us for Life’s Trials

Ramadhan trains us in surrendering to Allah’s Will, teaching us patience through hunger, gratitude through restraint, and contentment through sacrifice. By enduring the physical and spiritual discipline of fasting, we learn to trust Allah’s wisdom in all aspects of life, accepting both ease and hardship as part of His perfect plan. Just as we refrain from breaking our fast before the appointed time, we must also trust that relief and blessings will come exactly when Allah wills.

اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أسْألُكَ الرِّضَا بَعْدَ القَضَاءِ، وبَرْدَ العَيْشِ بَعْدَ المَوْتِ، ولَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إلى وَجْهِكَ، والشَّوْقَ إلى لِقَائِكَ، مِن غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ، ولَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ، اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بزِينَةِ الإِيمَانِ، واجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ

“O Allah, I ask You for contentment after the decree (has been passed), a pleasant life after death, the pleasure of looking upon Your Noble Face, and the longing to meet You—without enduring harmful hardship or misleading trials. O Allah, beautify us with the adornment of faith and make us among those who guide and are rightly guided.” (Sunan an-Nasa’i)

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