Tawakal is like a Cloud

Bismillah

When you are sad, you'd do something you love to cheer you up. It's the same as taking medicine when you are sick. However, sometimes even if you do a million of your favourite things, you would still be sad and there are times when no medicine can cure your illness.

There is a medicine that even though it cannot give you the results you want, it can lighten your heart.

"Janganlah engkau berdukacita, sesungguhnya Allah bersama kita." (Quran 9:40)
Kalau kita sedih atau risau dan mengalami masalah, janganlah kita menjadi antara golongan orang yang merintih "Ya Allah, apalah dosa ku". Janganlah kita pula marah kepada Tuhan dan janganlah pula kita berputus asa terhadapNya. There are some moments where I feel really lonely and sometimes to the point that I want to cry. Or maybe there are some journeys in my life where I must go alone but I know He is by my side. In the air that I breathe, the friends that help me, and the people I meet. He sent them my way, so that I might remember that He is always by my side.

"Cukuplah Allah untuk (menolong) kami, dan Ia sebaik-baik Pengurus (yang terserah kepadaNya segala urusan kami)." (Quran 3:173)
There is no better ayah (that I remember or read) that explains to me the meaning of tawakal as much as this ayah. To remember to call His name and to pray to Him whenever I am to do anything. 

"Allah tidak memberati seseorang melainkan apa yang terdaya olehnya. Ia mendapat pahala kebaikan yang diusahakannya, dan ia juga menanggung dosa kejahatan yang diusahakannya." (Quran 2:286)
"Kamu diwajibkan berperang (untuk menentang pencerobohan), sedang peperangan itu ialah perkara yang kamu benci; dan boleh jadi kamu benci kepada sesuatu padahal ia baik bagi kamu, dan boleh jadi kamu suka kepada sesuatu padahal ia buruk bagi kamu. Dan (ingatlah), Allah jualah Yang Mengetahui (semuanya itu), sedangkan kamu tidak mengetahuinya." (Quan 2:216)
Whenever I was younger I was thought that we get challenges in life because God is punishing us, but after listening to some friends and some ustazs I am seeing it in a new way. Challenges are sent our way not as punishment but as a way for us to improve ourselves. So I've learned to view challenges as a test for improvement.

"Bukankah Kami telah melapangkan bagimu: dadamu (wahai Muhammad, serta mengisinya dengan iman dan hidayah?). Dan Kami telah meringankan bebananmu (menyiarkan Islam). Dan Kami telah meninggikan bagimu: sebutan namamu (mengurniakan pangkat Nabi). Oleh itu, maka tetapkanlah kepercayaanmu bahawa sesungguhnya tiap-tiap kesukaran disertai kemudahan. Sekali lagi ditegaskan: bahawa sesungguhnya tiap-tiap kesukaran, disertai kemudahan. Kemudian apabila engkau selesai (beramal soleh), maka bersungguh-sungguhlah engkau berusaha (mengerjakan amal soleh yang lain). Dan kepada Tuhanmu sahaja hendaklah engkau memohon (segala sesuatu)." (Surah Al-Insyiraah)

I've had a lot of 'medicine' that I store in all the situations that I face. When I'm angry I'll write in my journal, when I'm bored I do handicraft, when I'm sad or lonely I draw or read comics.
But of all my 'medicine' the best ones are always those that bring me closer to Him.

Tawakal is my best medicine from my entire collection. To me tawakal is like a cloud. When it's hot, it rains and cools me down. When I'm burdened it lifts me up. When I'm tired, it gives me shade.

Alhamdulillah