Tag: Job’s Supplication Series
Job’s Supplication – Part 9
“As far as physical diseases are concerned, we may seek refuge from them when they hinder our worship. But we should seek refuge in a humble and supplicating fashion, not protesting and plaintively. If we accept God as our Lord and Sustainer, then we must accept too all that He gives in His capacity of […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 8
FIFTH POINT consisting of three matters. First Matter: True and harmful misfortune is that which affects religion. One should at all times seek refuge at the divine court from misfortune in matters of religion and cry out for help. But misfortunes that do not affect religion in reality are not misfortunes. Some of them are […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 7
FOURTH POINT: “The power of patience and endurance given to man by Almighty God is adequate to every misfortune, unless squandered on baseless fears. But through the predominance of delusion, man’s neglect and his imagining this transient life to be eternal, he squanders his power of endurance on the past and the future. His endurance […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 6
Pre-class discussion: Jamie persistently presents something she deems true to her loved ones. They keep rejecting what she has to offer. Jamie gets very disappointed. Since they are family members, she wants to help out. She keeps her quest going but gets more and more disappointed because sometimes they listen and most of the time […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 5
SECOND POINT Human beings have no right to complain in the case of disasters and illness for the following three reasons: First Reason: God most High has made the garment of the body with which He has clothed man a manifestation of His art. He has made man to be a model on which He […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 4
Recap: Prophet Job acknowledged that “verily harm has afflicted me”. How do I relate this to my life? What harm afflicts me in my life right now? Excerpt from the 2nd Flash, First point: …Within each sin is a path leading to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God’s pardon, it will […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 3
Recap: When I start realizing my reality, my worldview changes. That is, my perception about events starts changing. My feelings are now pointed towards a certain direction. Overall, there is a revolution that takes place within me. Until then, I was neglectful i.e. I did not realize an affliction penetrating to my heart and therefore, […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 2
Similar to Jonah’s narration in the Quran, Job’s narration refers to how his knowledge of God and remembrance of God has been afflicted which is symbolically represented by the tongue and the heart (in the text). Prophets are people employed in order to represent the Will of God in human form. They help us establish […]
Job’s Supplication – Part 1
THE SECOND FLASH: “When he called upon his Lord saying: “Verily harm has afflicted me, and You are the most Merciful of the Merciful” (21:83) The supplication of Job (Upon whom be peace), the champion of patience, is both well-tested and effective. Drawing on the verse, we should say in our supplication, “O my Lord […]
