没有过不去的坎

原文：Isa Ma

翻译：Isa Ma

When we are in the midst of a calamity, it always seems insurmountable and incapacitating. “How can I ever get over this?”, we keep asking ourselves. But almost all of the time, we do get over it, get through it, and get past it. Then we often forget about it, moving on to worry about new challenges, rarely looking back and appreciating the fact that by the mercy and grace of Allah we survived what seemed impossible back then.

If we change our perspective but a little, if we learn to, at the darkest and lowest moments in life, instead of crying over this seemingly bottomless valley, recall the countless valleys that we have already conquered with the guidance and support of Allah, we will have much less anxiety, and much more hope. Despair will be replaced by gratitude, uncertainty by contentment, fear by courage, doubt by trust.

Therefore, take every calamity as a reminder of the bounty and blessing of Allah that he has already bestowed upon you numerous times in getting you through past calamities. Turn complaints about this current situation into glorification and appreciation for Allah for all the previous situations. Soon, in shaa Allah, you will find that this calamity is gone and over, too, just like all the others are.

So really, the question is not “how can I ever get over this?”, bur rather, “surely I’ll get over this in shaa Allah, but will I be grateful this time?”

By the way, all of these reflections are immaculately summarised in surat-Duha. In one of the toughest moments of the Prophet’s (phuh) life, Allah turned his attention to the favours that he has previously bestowed upon him, and thus assuring him that the upcoming will surely be better than the current, and instructing him to express gratitude, both in actions and in words.

May Allah help us through our calamities, as he always has, and make us ever more grateful all the while.

当我们正处于苦难之中时，我们通常觉得这次的难关无法逾越。“我怎么可能过得了这个坎？”我们不断问自己。而绝大多数时候，我们最终确实过得了这个坎，渡过了这个难关，克服了这个困难。然后我们往往就忘记了它，继续去担忧其他的挑战，很少回头看一眼，去感赞安拉的仁慈与慷慨，感谢他已帮助我们渡过了在当时曾看起来使人绝望的境遇。

如果我们稍稍改变视角，如果我们能学会在人生中最黑暗和最低落的时光，不去哭诉此刻看似无底深渊般的低谷，而是回顾我们已经凭借安拉的支援越过了的那些数不胜数的山谷，我们的焦虑就会少很多，希望就会多很多。失落会转化为感激，担忧会转化为满足，恐惧将成为勇气，怀疑将成为信任。

因此，将每一次考验当做一个提醒，提醒自己安拉曾无数次地赐予你恩典与宽宏，而援助你克服了过去的那些苦难。将对目前境遇的抱怨转化为对之前许多已经改善的境遇的感念和赞颂。很快，因沙安拉（若主意欲），你会发现这个苦难也已经过去了，就如同所有之前的那些一样。

所以真的，问题不是“我能过得了这个坎吗？”，而是，“因沙安拉我一定能过得了这个坎，但是这次我会感恩吗？”

顺便一说，这些反思其实已被上午章凝练地总结。在先知（愿主福安之）最困难的时期之一，安拉将他的注意力转向他曾赐予他的恩典，借此使他坚信将来的一定比现在的更好，并教导他通过行动和言辞表示感恩。

祈求安拉帮助我们克服苦难，一如向来如此，并使我们始终感恩。