The Stable State

9/4/2021

In chapter ninety-four of the Qur’an, You remind us that “with hardship comes ease.” The line is even repeated. Now, we know that life on Earth is not Paradise, and we will experience both ease and hardship in this world. Yet You don’t say, “with ease comes hardship.” You say it the other way around, and You even say it twice, cementing the saying as You have chosen to word it for us out of Your immeasurable mercy, and that makes me think that reversing the saying wouldn’t necessarily keep its meaning or keep it true.

The way You have it phrased, it is a soothing reminder of relief.

The reverse would be a warning, and many of Your verses are warnings, but not this one. In other chapters, You do warn us that we will be tested, but in this chapter, You frame ease as the stable state. The lasting state. Ya Rabbi, ar Rahman, ar Raheem, ease our every hardship and guide us through them all into lasting ease!