There’s a part in Surah Kahf that we read but never ponder over. It’s where Khidr عليه السلام destroys a boat by cutting a hole in it. This boat belongs to a poor family who need it for their livelihood, to fish and to travel.
Musa عليه السلام doesn’t understand why. He asks Khidr عليه السلام why he destroyed that boat? What did they ever do to him for him to treat them so harshly? Put yourself in that poor families shoes. Imagine you are them with a boat & it gets destroyed. You wonder to Allah, why?
I need this grade, this promotion, this job, this spouse. I need this du’a to be answered. How can you destroy my boat Allah? Why not take the boat of those who are ungrateful? Or who sin without caring? Did i not worship You enough? Did i not pray my salah? Did i not fast?
But Musa عليه السلام didn’t know there was an oppressive King — if that boat hadn’t been destroyed, the King would’ve taken it leaving no means of livelihood for the poor people. Allah, in His infinite love, mercy and Wisdom knew a broken boat would be of no use to a King
and so he wouldn’t have been interested, but the poor family could fix this boat and use it once again.
Your boat may also be broken. It may not make sense to you right now. You cannot see the oppressive King, you cannot see what Allah is protecting you from.
All you see is what is broken in front of you. But know that Allah will help you fix it. He will help you find a way. Look beyond the destroyed boat. You are loved by Allah. And just as how a child doesn’t understand why his mother won’t
let him have a fizzy drink for breakfast, remember that Allah loves you more than a mother loves her child.
Continue making du’a and finding new doors to walk through. He will never allow your deeds, effort and your du’as to ever be lost or wasted.
So Man Utd had £75m ready to drop on Baleba last summer and £65m ready for Semenyo despite spending £200m+ on Amorim.
But so far Carrick has had a £35m net spend and they're not sure if they want to sign another midfielder.
We need a DM, LB, Zirkzee replacement and CB. Get to work INEOS and back your manager.
A fetus in the rubble. Their bombs incinerate mothers with babies in their wombs. Remember the “40 beheaded babies” and “babies in ovens” lie? This is what they do every single day, even after the “ceasefire”.
Israeli asked a young Australian content creator who was live streaming in Thailand, "Do you love Palestine?"
He replied, "Yes, I love Palestine."
The Israeli then cursed him, his mother, and his children.
This is the behavior of Israeli tourists in Thailand.
INEOS spend more money without UCL football because they need to get into the Champions League to make more money.
INEOS don’t spend as much when they’re already in the UCL because that extra revenue is already guaranteed.
The sooner people realise that INEOS prioritise money over football, the better.
Sorry to disturb your scrolling, but Surah Al Waqiah humbles the heart in ways it cannot explain. A quiet reminder that your rizq, your worries, your whole life are already in Allah's hands.
Ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله said,
"Be kind to those who are unkind to you, conclude your affairs in private and make people your acquaintances and not your friends."
[Saydil al-Khatir, pg. 953]
Casemiro — gone
Ugarte — not needed + injured
Mount — injury prone
Which means we'll Mainoo, Santos and Tielemans as our reliable midfield options going to a UCL season where we'll play around 60 games.
Jokes on any United fans who think this is good enough.
I Paid off my mortgage last month. Thirty years.
Bank sent the deed over, congratulations, it's yours free and clear.
Two weeks later the county tax bill shows up. $9,400. And that's not a one time thing, that's every year until I die.
Stop paying it and eventually they take the house. The one I just spent three decades buying.
So what actually changed here?
For thirty years I paid a bank so I could live in my own house. Now I pay the county so I can live in my own house.
Different envelope. Same arrangement.
Nobody ever finishes paying for a home. You just run out of banks.