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Assalamu alaikum.

Tonight I want to concentrate on a verse of the Quran wherein in Surat Al-Baqarah Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says

Wa asa antakrahuhu shay'an wa huwa khairu lakum

Wa asa antuhibhu shay'an wa huwa sharul lakum

Wa Allahu yalamu wa antum la ta'alamun

Yes, it is possible that you dislike things, you know?

Perhaps you dislike things, but they are good for you

and perhaps you love things, but they are not good for you

for indeed Allah knows and you do not know.

SubhanAllah.

My brothers and sisters, when we are faced with choices

or likes and dislikes or things we want to have

and if Allah has blocked it and we are not having it

or He has taken it away from us, take it in your stride.

Thank Allah for that.

He has perhaps saved you from something He knows the future

and you don't know the future.

If Allah has not given you children, Alhamdulillah.

If He has given you just boys, Alhamdulillah.

If He has given you just girls, Alhamdulillah.

If you've lost your job, Alhamdulillah.

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