As you all know the corona virus is something
that is very deadly.
And because of that the entire world is asking a very big question, “is the corona virus
a punishment from the one and only God, Allah (swt)"?
We can find this answer from a Bukhari Sharif Hadith which talks about plagues.
Here Prophet Muhammad (s) said that Allah (swt) gives punishment to certain people but
at the same time he also saves others with his mercy.
Basically, any disaster that happens is because of the bad people’s very big sins.
But when a disaster comes, all of the good and the bad people are affected.
And that it becomes a very big warning to the whole world.
This is so we can all realize that without our creator’s help, we are absolutely helpless.
Think about it.
This is the year of 2020.
In the history of mankind, our world has never been so advanced, especially in technology
and medical science.
Yet, so far we can’t do anything to stop this.
The whole world is trying their absolute best to fight against this extremely tiny virus,
which we can’t even see without a microscope.
This reminds us that we cannot do anything without Allah (swt)’s blessing.
And seeing it is a reminder to really ask ourselves, are we following our one and only
God, Allah (swt)'s law and order?
Do we even know what Allah (swt)'s orders are?
Have we truly read the meaning of the Quran?
Now our second question is, how we can save ourselves from this punishment?
Now from the Quran and Hadith we can learn the following things:
No. 1 We need to understand that the corona virus is a test from Allah (swt).
We have to keep our belief in Allah (swt) very strongly that only He can save us from
this difficult time.
No. 2 We should try to find medication for this disease.
No. 3 Muhammad (s)' ordered us to stay where we are.
In a situation like this we have to stay at home to save ourselves and so that we can
save others as well.
Because the corona virus is very contagious.
No. 4 Ask forgiveness from Allah (swt).
We need to pray extra prayers and recite special Duas to save us from this disease.
And we also need to read the Quran with meaning so that we can understand what Allah is trying
to tell us.
No. 5 Read Surah Fatihah, Falaq, Nas, Ayat al Kursi, the last two verses from Surah Baqarah
and 83 number ayah from surah Anbiya.
In this time of a world wide virus that is going on, we a planning to do a mini-series
so that we can all remind ourselves some of he most important plagues that happened at
different times in history throughout the different civilizations like Ancient Egypt,
Greek, Rome, and more InshaAllah.
And don’t worry, we are still working on our upcoming project Rise of Islam!
Inshallah it will come soon, right after we complete this mini-series.
In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this min series while we work on the Rise of Islam
project.
Stay tuned and until next time, AssalamuAlaikum!