HELPLESSNESS
Written by
Hira Zahoor

The feeling that makes your agony in any distressful situation even more exaggerated. The feeling that sometimes suffocates you to such an extent that you feel yourself useless. Every one of us has experienced this feeling more or less, at any stage, aspect or phase of life. That time we feel ourselves stuck in such a position where we can’t find any clue of how to get things in our favour. We want someone by our side who may console us to boost our motivation to cope up with that helplessness, keeping us ensured that, ”yes! there will be a solution to your problems, yes! I’m here, will make a way out”. Now who will be that SOMEONE?
Every one of us knows that this UNIVERSE and everything in it is in control of THAT ONE MASTER who has sent us HIS MESSAGE all the way across the universe to tell us that” HE is the ultimate HELP”. The message in form of the quran! How beautifully the message regulates our helplessness by telling us different scenarios of prophets in which they feel themselves helpless and how their Gracious Lord sent His help. All this to make us realize that ‘WE are too NOT ALONE’ in this world of challenges”. As Quran says;
"HE is the best of the helpers (Surah Aal-e-imraan: 150)"
Whenever I feel helpless in any regard, I remember myself those cases in the past in which I felt the same, but my Lord didn’t leave me alone. Thinking about all those, boost my motivation multiple times that this time too,my Lord will make a way for me, not knowing how, but surely HE will.
Just like in phase of helplessness, when Hazrat Yaqoub A.S uttered:
I complain of my sufferings and grief to Allah only (Surah Yousuf 86)"
Tell your helplessness to the Almighty. How beautiful it is that we ask for his help, even while knowing that HE sent us that challenge.
Just like in phase of helplessness, Hazrat Nuh A.S pleaded
"So he cried out to his Lord, I am helpless, so help me! (Surah Al Qamar: 10)"
Didn’t Allah help Harzat Nuh A.S ? Surely HE helped.
Surely HE helped. Just like in phase of helplessness, when Hazrat ayub A.S uttered in great helplessness. How beautifully Allah himself reminding us that
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