Allah is your beautiful source of strength

Allah is your beautiful source of strength

“Turn away from your worries,
And entrust your affairs to the Decree.
Rejoice at the good which will soon be,
You will then forget what has gone by.
Perhaps an issue which upsets you,
Holds at its end what will gladden you.
Perhaps the tight road will constrict moreso,
And perhaps the universe will expand even more.
Indeed Allah does what He wishes,
So never be one who opposes (Him).
Allah is your beautiful source of strength,
So determine things by what has elapsed…”

كن عن همومك معرضا *** وكِل الأمور إلى القضا
وابشر بخير عاجلا *** تنسى به ماقد مضـــى
فلربَّ أمرٍ مُسخـط *** لك في عواقبه رضى
ولربما ضاق المضيق *** ولربما اتسع الفضا
الله يفعل ما يشاء *** فلا تكوننًّ معترضا
الله عودك الجميل *** فقس على ماقد مضى

Safi al-Din al-Hali (an Arab poet)