Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

“Then, when they had both submitted themselves (to the Will of
Allâh), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (or on the
side of his forehead for slaughtering).” (As-Sâffât, 37: 107-112)
Meaning, Ibrâhîm actually began the execution and seized the
knife to slaughter his son. But the knife slaughtered not, because a
knife does not cut voluntarily but by the Command of Allah. Just
as Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, commanded the fire into
which Ibrâhîm was cast by saying (what means):
“We (Allâh) said: ‘O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrâhim
(Abraham)!’” (Al-Anbiyâ’, 21: 69)
And the fire complied and did not burn him. Similarly, Allah
ordered the knife not to slaughter and it complied. At the moment
of fulfilling the Command, Almighty Allah called Ibrâhîm as
narrates the Noble Qur’an (what means):
“And We called out to him: ‘O Abraham! You have fulfilled the
dream (vision)!’” (As-Sâffât, 37: 104-105)
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, wants His creatures to
believe in the wisdom of His Commands and proceed to their
fulfillment with contentment. If you proceed to execute the
Command with contentment, Allah raises His Decree. Therefore,
memorize well this noble Qur’anic verse and remember it while in
Minâ to realize that in all life incidents man lives through, Allah
only raises His Decree when the afflicted person is contented with
it. If you see a doom that lasted on an afflicted person, as a cureless
disease in spite of all the applied remedies, or a hardship
experienced either in children or property, and he was not freed
from it despite the passage of a long time learn that the sufferer is
not contented with the Fate of Allah and is complaining. The
moment he feels contented and accepts the wisdom of Fate, he will
be relieved from it.
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