Praising Allah During Hard Times
What is Gratitude Towards Allah? Its an attitude. Its a whole different mindset. In fact its a way of living a decent life. We see examples of it daily in our life. Sometimes we see people in terrible conditions specially the poorest of the poor. but yet when we meet them, there is always calm and smile on their faces. That is how they keep their dignity and self respect intact. They dont want to give the impression that they are worthless beggars always crying for their needs but rather they want to show that they struggle and strive for themselves and Allah provides for them…Its a Hopeful Mindset. That at the end of the Day no matter what happens, Allah is there to look after them and protect and guide them through difficulty. It is as you said an attitude of complete trust in God. Its a Positive Message that helps to keep nihilistic, suicidal thoughts away and prevents despair from Life. Its an attitude that keeps one struggling to make his/her life worth living. We all are doing it on some level everyday. Struggling to make our today just a notch better than yesterday to make our future better.. We Meet some people in our lives who always have a positive outlook towards everything even in the most difficult of circumstances…When you ask them how are they… they always reply that they are thankful to God.(Alhumdulelah) For Everything… that Allah will make everything right… and that Allah will give them and Protect them….. Even though knowing fully well what they are being going through…. A rational person may ask what is there to be thankful about.. in such misery and pain. Better to Die or just commit suicide than to live in such horrifying and inhumane condition. But That is exactly the challenge of Human Free will. It wants to struggle, Survive, Adapt and chart a pursuit of happiness for itself. In these times little things of survival such as food, shelter, clothing for your children matter. after a hard day at work, A glass of water to quench one’s thirst becomes source of gratitude towards God. Sometimes Family and Friends become source of our praise for God. Little things that we take for Granted. Most People actually Forget Allah altogether when things are going well. and attribute their well being to their own hardwork. rather than gratitude to Allah. However when things start to get bad they suddenly remember God. That God did this to them. They are in bad luck etc etc. For Man is ungrateful. He Forgets Allah in Good and remembers him in bad situation.