or outward.

There is no doubt Allah has showered His servants with innumerable favours. He made the Earth a ground for them and raised the sky without any pillars to support it. To show them the straight path and call them to the truth, He sent forth prophets and messengers عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام. Apart from this, if we look at ourselves, it is openly visible that Allah has bestowed uncountable blessings upon us.

For example, He created us, gave us ability to breathe to remain alive, gifted us feet to walk with, hands to hold with, eyes to see, ears to hear, a nose to smell, a tongue to speak, and countless other blessings, many of which we have not even reflected upon until today. Even the smallest of these bounties is greater than our years of worship and spiritual striving.

A person from a previous ummah worshipped for 400 years and did not have even a single sin in his book of deeds. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will say, “Place his 400 years of worship on one side of the scale and place the Our bounty of his eyes on the other.” These will be weighed, and this one blessing will far outweigh his 400 years of worship.^[1]

As servants of Allah, we should always keep the blessings He has given us in mind, and always be thankful to Him. 

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A beautiful way of rectification

The Tābiʿī scholar Yūnus b. ꜤUbayd رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was approached by a man who complained about being poor. The scholar asked, “Would you give