The question of control in our life is one we’re constantly dealing with. What is the extent of our control? What do we understand as to control? What actual control is there? How do we react to fear? How do we react to kindness? How do we react to all of the different inputs that come at us in this world?
It’s said that the saint has an entirely different attitude towards fear than the normal man has. The saint’s fear of Allah is different than ordinary man’s because the saint knows that everything comes from Allah. Fear, compassion, mercy — all come from the same place. So, his sense of fear is wrapped up also with mercy and compassion. What’s our sense of our relationship to what goes on around us?…to Allah? What’s the actual connection that we have to Allah?
