Our perspectives and reactions to things in life can make all the difference, even to our faith.

On ‘Eid we went to visit an aunt and as we all casually talked on the sofa, I finished my drink and put the empty glass down on the tiled/marble floor, tucking it away safely so it wouldn’t fall. We carried on chatting away but in the back of my mind, I kept thinking about the glass cup on the marble floor; I really should pick it up before someone knocks it over. After 5mins of this non-stop thought in my head, I decided to halt our conversation to put the glass away; I reached over, and somehow although it was halfway in my grasp, I somehow flicked my finger and accidently sent it shattering into pieces on the floor.

Usually, we get a bit annoyed when someone breaks our beautiful glassware, but my aunt at that point exhibited such wisdom and derived a deep lesson from such an insignificant incident. She said,

“No worries habibti, it was supposed to break. Allah wants to show you that none can change His Decree and even though you attempted to prevent the glass from breaking by changing your mind about leaving it there, it was written that it should break and none can interfere with what Allah wants to happen.”