Episode 11 - At the Dentist

Your son... you advise him not to eat too many sweets and to clean his mouth after eating them. He doesn't listen to your advice... he eats them in excess, his teeth decay, and he comes to you complaining: (Daddy, my teeth hurt). (So, let's go to the doctor)... (No, Daddy, please! I'll be in pain). (You must, my son, otherwise the decay will worsen and you'll suffer greater pain). You go, he sits on the doctor's chair, the doctor starts removing the decay... your son screams in fear and pain: (Daddy, please stop)... You scold him: (Be quiet, Daddy! Let the doctor treat you). The doctor continues the treatment, your son falls silent then screams: (Daddy, stop, that's enough)... You scold him firmly: (The doctor knows best, let him finish his work)... During this, does your child look at you with hatred?! Never, of course, he knows you want his well-being. He doesn't want to be in pain, but he knows that the doctor's treatment will spare him greater pains later. You, as a father, feel pain seeing your son in pain, to the point that you may leave the room because you can't bear to hear his cries. The treatment ends on time. Your son gets up from the chair, and you leave... on the way back, your son looks at you with love and respect: (Father wants my well-being in everything he does. Now the pain is gone, and I have healthy teeth)..

And Allah has the highest example... Allah Almighty forbids us from the "sweets" of sins and commands us to purify ourselves from them whenever we consume them..

We neglect, so sins and heart diseases afflict us. Our Merciful Lord knows that these sins and diseases will worsen if left and will harm us. He puts us on the chair of affliction to purify our hearts from them. We suffer, we fear, we ask Him Almighty to lift us from the chair of affliction.. and our Lord, by His mercy, knows that the treatment is not yet over, and that there is still decay in our hearts.

Yes, you can ask Allah to take you out of affliction and insist on it, but no matter how long the treatment lasts, you keep looking at Him with the eyes of that child who knows his father wants his well-being, so you have good thoughts about your Lord, and you are certain that His choice for you is better than your choice for yourself, and you cannot for a moment have bad thoughts about Him, but you keep asking Him and loving Him. It is very important that you know: Allah Almighty does not like to see you in pain, but He likes to see you purified, because He knows the danger of sins and heart diseases to you.

Summary of this station:

If you face affliction, know that Allah wanted to purify you.. Ask Him to relieve you, but as long as you remain in affliction, Have good thoughts about your Lord and increase your love for Him, For He is more merciful to you than you are to yourself.