Fighting is ordained for you, even though it repulses you.
You may hate something that is good for you,
or love something that is evil for you.
God knows, but you do not.

The Qur’an - 2:216
(Translated by Safi Kaskas)
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How many times have you struggled through something, or questioned something, or wished something was some other way, only to look back and realize it made you stronger?

How many times has something or someone you tried to hold on to slipped away, only to look back and realize it only made you weaker?

I know I’ve experienced these things countless times, just short of kicking and screaming like a child wanting their way. But in retrospect, God always had another plan I couldn’t see, and had I gotten my way, I wouldn’t be who or where I am.