Redha comes with struggles

After 20 years of life, tasting both victory and failure, I find myself embracing the Redha concept like a best friend. From my understanding, redha is submitting oneself to God. From the earliest stage of my life, my parents instilled this concept firmly into us. As I grow older, I find this as a great source of strength.

I will explain why. Muslims believe that everything in life has been carefully planned by Allah, although this does not mean that there is only one prophecy or direction of life. There are still choices for people to make and each choice has its own consequence. This also means that doing nothing and just praying is not going to help achieve what we want as Allah clearly states that we have to work for things that we want. And if the results are not what you would want even after the struggle, Islam teaches us to be patient. It is because only Allah knows what is the best for us as we can never be sure what the past, presence, or future holds.

This means that we have to work hard for what we want to achieve. When we manage to get what we want it means that it is good for us and when we fail it means that there is something else in store for us that is better.

This is my greatest source of reassurance and strength, and I wish to share it with everybody else.