Fate and its management with sincere faith
The one who demonstrates strength is usually weak within. And the one who does not seek to demonstrate anything, feels well in his shape, does not care what the world is saying about him/her, what image he/she has in others, relies on something within, which is simply good for him/her.
The following dialogue is an excerpt from a long hadith between Archangel Gabriel and the Prophet (peace be upon him):
…Inform me about iman.
He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in qadar (fate), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet (know that) He sees you."
Muslim
From this, I highlight two thoughts, the fate and who sees you and who doesn’t. I have indicated in several of my writings that fate has two sides. There is one part what is predestined and the other is not. The one what we are born into is predestined, such as poverty, wealth, abilities, random events.
However, the way we accept all of that, the path we take, is solely depend on free will, so it is not predestined. Acceptance of bad and good events of fate is one of the pillars of faith. This applies to the predestined destiny. Whether I solve the problems resulted by fate as a criminal, or as a pious person, is the other pillar of faith. It doesn't matter, whether we see Allah or not, He is there and can see us. He’s not there as a “Big Brother,” but as a support. A soul who has found contentment in God does not care what happens, who surrounds him/her, what people say about him/her. These are little things. Whatever happens is good. What's better? Is it better if we are waiting for something and it doesn't come to happen, or the other case when whatever happens is good? The first is a recipe for frustration, unhappiness, and the second is a path to inner peace and happiness. In my first sentence, I wrote about the one who demonstrates strength and is weak within. Strength is good if it is there, but it only makes sense if I can use it against someone stronger than me. Why to use it against the weak ones? However, the essence of such strength-demonstrations is to create dominance over the weak. In the soul of a believer the faith works completely differently. It is a huge tool kit with suitable tools for everything and that is associated with a skill to use. There can be no failure that these tools could not remedy, so anything that happens is good. Those can solve everything. Nobody can assume, that a believer cannot have a bad day. He/she can also suffer from disappointment, disaster, illness. It's just the processing and reaction is different. This is what accepting destiny, whether good or bad means in the dialogue between Gabriel and Mohammed (peace be upon him).
happens, we continue to sit there in a hibernation! Then why the tool kit? It is true that we live in a predestined fate that pours events on us, but among them there is the family, attitudes towards others, conducts and several compliances. There is responsibility, nice deeds, goodness, etc. No one can choose a good or bad fate, there are always surprises. While sitting under a tree, the fate cannot be handled. No one can save the work and investment! Fate cannot be short-cut by excluding the events which are in it! Then why do we live? It would be much easier to commit suicide at the moment we are born! Then we could exclude all unexpected events from the future, for sure!
A tool kit of a master is not an ornament. The master learned, trained himself to be able to remove blockages, repair the washing machine and prune trees. As these masters are slowly extinct, so the faith is lost. The masters are replaced by those who get panels in their hands, the failed devices are linked to a computer, it prints out what is wrong, issues a code and a new panel will be installed under that code. If it is so, who is aware of the operation of the failed device? Who knows what a device is at all?
Well, we are not aware of life either. We change panels in it the way an external voice advises us in a consumer society.
The one who has belief, believes in life, too. They know that life makes sense, they have a mission in it, and not in vain carry the tool kit with them. These masters don’t replace panels, they know what the tiny part is that they need to remodel, cut a thread on, or drill it out and everything can go on!
Thus, life is happier and our souls are charged by the joy of repairment.