Something i remember, even though years have passed. On a train journey, a pious brother with a face illuminated with the light of piety, when he said that line that has since then been embedded in my unconscious mind, and resurfaces from time to time.
'This world is like a school and Allah is the teacher'
i think back to the past year of my life, and this line once more resurfaces from the depths of my conscience. Through the experiences of last year, it is as if He has been training me in the school of piety, teaching me that i may enter into the next class. Through the duration of the past year, there has been one lesson that seems to dominate the landscape. It is a lesson in loving, trust and friendship... something that had begun to mean a lot to me last year.
It is as if through the betrayal of trust on the part of those who i considered friends, through the aching of the heart when deserted by those i attempted to please, and abandonment by those towards whom i showed love and affection... He was teaching me to place my trust in Him alone. It was Him Who, whenever i sought out an idol, broke it... and through the aching of the heart, directed me once more toward the Only Beloved, His Own Exulted Essence.
Praise be to Allah Who sought my friendship whilst being needless of me. And praise be to Allah Who forgives what He knows of my wrongdoings, whilst others punish me for what they speculate about me. Praise be to Allah, in Whom i hope and i do not hope in other than Him, and had i hoped in other than Him, they would have disappointed me. Praise be to Allah in Whom i trust and i do not trust in other than Him, and had i trusted in other than Him, they would have betrayed my trust.
'The heart is the shrine of Allah, so do not place other than Allah in the shrine of Allah'
-The leader Ja'far ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (peace be upon him)
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