‎"When we miss a plane, lose a job,
or find ourselves unable to marry
the person we want, have we ever
stopped to consider the possibility
that it may have been for our own

good?
Allah tells us in the Qur'an: “…But
perhaps you hate a thing and it is
good for you; and perhaps you
love a thing and it is bad for you.
And Allah Knows, while you know
not.” (2:216)
We end up staring indefinitely at
the closed doors of our lives, and
forget to notice the ones that have
opened. When we can’t marry the
person we had in mind, our
inability to look beyond may even
blind sight us from someone who
is in fact better for us. When we
don’t get hired, or we lose
something dear to us, it’s hard to
take a step back and notice the
bigger picture. Often Allah takes
things away from us, only to
replace them with something
greater."