Remember the promise you made during the crisis?(DW#752)
So when they ride in the ships they call upon Allah, being sincerely obedient to Him, but when He brings them safe to the land, lo! they associate others (with Him)[Holy Quran 29:65]
This is such an interesting verse and especially relevant during this time.
Have you ever been on an airplane during severe turbulence? Did you look around and noticed how quiet everyone became? Or perhaps you were too busy praying yourself to even notice what others were doing? Silently praying and perhaps promising God about how you will turn your life around and be faithful to your values only if you are given a second chance at life?
This is the human tendency that the above verse refers to. Human beings instinctively call upon the Creator when the going gets tough. They turn to Him when others fail them, when the crisis seems far too big and we begin to realize that only Divine intervention can save us or get us out of this situation.
So far so good. As we said yesterday, obstacles and crises in life can be a great way to wake up to the truth of this existence and the next and to live up to our true purpose.
The problem is not, that we wake up during the crisis. The issue is that once the crisis is over, we are oh so likely to get back to our old ways of being. Human beings are forgetful creatures. We are creatures of habit. We forget the promises we made to Him and to ourselves during the crisis and we tend to go back to our old ways.
This verse reminds us to keep our word and fulfill the commitments that we made in times of crisis once He safely "brings us back to land".
As the world prepares to reopen after the first wave of the pandemic, this verse is especially relevant. What did we say we would never take for granted once this is over? What plans did we make not to go back to the old and broken way of living life? What promises did we make to pray and to cling to Divinity?
Are we going to live up to those plans and promises?
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