Dear Friend,
Assalamu Alaikum,
During these difficult and testing times, let us seek solace and strength in the Qur’an, and remind ourselves that Allah is well-aware of everything that is currently happening.
وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ
"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record." - Q.6:59
A famous scholar elegantly extrapolated,
“He knows all things, encompassing all that transpires in the depth of the earths to the highest reaches of the heavens. Nothing of an atom’s weight in the earth or the heavens escapes His Knowledge. He even knows about the creeping of a black ant across a massive, soundless stone on a dark night. He knows the movement of specks on a windy day. He knows secrets, and that which is yet more hidden. He is informed about private thoughts of the innermost mind, the workings of the brain, and the [most] obscure hidden things, with a beginningless, eternal Knowledge that has been with Him forever.”
This world is not always fair; let us remember that the Day of Judgment lies ahead,
يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ
"the day when they shall come forth, nothing concerning them remains hidden to Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all)." - Q.40:16
Let us keep our suffering brothers and sisters in our prayers.
Sincerely,
Read the statement of solidarity and support from the Boston Islamic Seminary Students.