The Ability to Eat

[Tasleem]

As trivial as it may sound, but have you ever thought about your ability to eat?? Have you ever thanked Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) for giving you the ability to digest your food with ease, and being able to convert it into energy so that you can carry out every day tasks??

I recently came across a story about a brother who had an infection in his stomach which caused it to explode. As a result, the doctors had to remove half of his stomach through an operation. For seven days, he was unable to eat or drink anything. Nutrients were being provided to him by using specialized methods. His friends that visited him told to be patient and pray to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) for quick recovery. But at one point, the brother made a very important statement. He said, "Now I have understood that if Allah doesn't want, we cannot eat even one grain of rice."


Being able to eat and drink is a great blessing of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala). How costly and difficult it is to digest one meal without having a stomach! We should thank Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) again and again for letting us digest many meals without having to go through such difficulties.

[Nudrat]

tasleem said:

;Now I have understood that if Allah doesn't want, we cannot eat even one grain of rice."

Subhanallah.
It does make you think how we take so many things for granted.
Mashallah a beautiful but sad post.
One that makes you open your eyes and thank Allah Ta'ala for all the necessities in life as well as the pleasures.

[star]

subhanallah, i have have never thought of it like that, i do thank Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) for the food on our plate but not for being able to eat, thanks for sharing it with us sister tasleem.

[nafeesaprecious]

Sunhan'Allah.... an amzing thread and thank you for sharing this with us... InshAllah this should make us think more bout the wonderful creations by our Creator Subhan wata'la