“Truly adversity has afflicted me and You are Most Merciful of all who show mercy.” (Surah 21: Verse 83)

Assalamu alaikum, fellow Muslims and non-Muslims. 

We may all know the importance of the Qur’an, the Holy Book written by Allah (swt). However, we may not necessarily follow the teachings of the Qur’an and follow the role models that were sent to the Earth to spread the word of Islam. In order to remind you of the important lessons taught by each of the significant prophets mentioned in the Qur’an, I will In Sha Allah, be starting a prophets series. This will contain lessons I learnt from each of the prophets. 

This Ramadan, we will talk about another prophet, who lost his health and wealth. He is Ayub (pbuh). If you would like to know the story, sources are available below. If I also make any mistakes, I apologise and Allah (swt) knows the best. 

You should worship Allah and be grateful when you have everything 

Ayub (pbuh) did not forget about Allah even when he had wealth, animals and lots of children.

Allah owns everything that you own

Allah surely does own all your wealth so if you lose something, don’t be upset because Allah owned it and He will hopefully return it to you if you work hard.

Sickness could be a test.

You should keep patient if you are given a test and work hard to overcome it.

Keep faith and patience in Allah when you lose everything and don’t be tempted by the Shaytan

The Devil tried to tell Ayub (pbuh) to stop worshipping Allah or tell Him to have everything back. But the Prophet kept patience and worshipped Allah still.

People who actually care about you stick with you at the worst times

All the relatives of Ayub (pbuh) left when he lost everything and this was because they didn’t truly love him. The only rain left with him was his loving wife.

When you are in pain, remember all the good endless times that Allah has granted you in the past

Ayub (pbuh) felt ashamed to ask Allah to cure him because he had spent so many years in happiness and very little in pain. He was grateful for his past.

Shaytan causes pain

Shaytan tried to tempt Ayub’s wife by complaining to Ayub (pbuh) about his bad health. Shaytan causes pain in the wife’s heart.

If you have a true loving spouse, they will want to stay with you through thick and thin 

Ayub’s wife could not bear to stay away from her kind husband even when he told her to leave and this means her love and patience for him was immense.

Be careful about what you promise to others/ what promises you make

Out of frustration, Ayub (pbuh) promised that when he would get well, he would beat his wife 100 times as a punishment for listening to Shaytan and complaining. He later regretted this. 

If Allah gives you something, you should take it as a blessing.

Allah would give Ayub (pbuh) gold coins and he would still accept it because it was a blessing from Allah even though he was rich.

These were some of the lessons that I captured from Ayub (pbuh). The story of Ayub (pbuh) is beautifully said in this Youtube video and book which I used to create this article:

Please share this article with your family and friends to get some rewards this Ramadan. In Sha Allah you will stay well.

Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!