God does not place a burden on a person greater than they can bare. We’ve all heard and read the infamous verse from Surah Baqarah in the Qur’an, as its been an immediate motivator for anyone experiencing difficulty to pick themselves up and pull through hardship.
I was reflecting today, and came to the conclusion that I am a weak human being with the capacity for little. So are you.
If you’re reading this post, chances are you’re living in a setting where you have comfortable internet access. You’re probably reading this off your laptop, phone, or just about any other mobile device out there. You’ve probably had food today. You have a roof over your head. Many of the problems you THINK you have are issues others in this world would consider luxuries. The burdens placed on you are not of the stark magnitude others undergo.
I’m not going to write the cliche paragraph about those around the world living in terrible conditions: poverty, drought, famine, tyrannical oppression, and more. You’re well aware of it. To know Allah swt has placed a burden on them so large made me realize that they are stronger than us, and can bare so much more.
Society’s perception of those who are strong and those who are weak has become so skewed (or perhaps it always has been), when in reality those who are going through the most struggle are the strongest, and those with the least are weaker.
Oppressors, in all their might and prestige, are weak. The oppressed are stronger.
The rich are weak, the poor strong.
And determining any of that is not up to us.
I was reflecting today, and came to the conclusion that I am a weak human being with the capacity for little. So are you.
If you’re reading this post, chances are you’re living in a setting where you have comfortable internet access. You’re probably reading this off your laptop, phone, or just about any other mobile device out there. You’ve probably had food today. You have a roof over your head. Many of the problems you THINK you have are issues others in this world would consider luxuries. The burdens placed on you are not of the stark magnitude others undergo.
I’m not going to write the cliche paragraph about those around the world living in terrible conditions: poverty, drought, famine, tyrannical oppression, and more. You’re well aware of it. To know Allah swt has placed a burden on them so large made me realize that they are stronger than us, and can bare so much more.
Society’s perception of those who are strong and those who are weak has become so skewed (or perhaps it always has been), when in reality those who are going through the most struggle are the strongest, and those with the least are weaker.
Oppressors, in all their might and prestige, are weak. The oppressed are stronger.
The rich are weak, the poor strong.
And determining any of that is not up to us.
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