Have You Ever Reflected on Rain Like This? ️

You know, in this country one of the things people whine about the most on a day-to-day basis is the weather, specifically the rain. People complain so much about the rain. If you have absorbed the names of Allah, when you look at the rain you don't see water from the sky — you see this is the mercy of Allah coming to touch us.

Everything suddenly is a manifestation of the names of Allah. That's why when it would rain, the Prophet ﷺ would try and expose his skin to the rain. Why? Because he wanted the mercy of Allah to touch him.

Narrated by Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ uncovered part of his garment until the rain fell upon him. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, why did you do that?" He said: "Because it has recently come from its Lord." (Sahih Muslim, Hadith 898)

See, he sees the rain differently to how you see the rain. And he sees the boss differently to how you see the boss. And he saw the arrow differently to how you look at the arrow. And he saw his army differently to how you look at the army. Everything in life — the Prophet ﷺ saw them differently — because, as the Prophet ﷺ says in a hadith reported from him:

"Be careful of the firāsa — the sight, the insight — of a believer, for indeed he sees with the light of Allah." (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 3127)

Be careful of the firāsa — the sight, the insight — of a believer, because he is watching, he is looking at things not from the way you look at things. He is looking at things with the light of Allah. He is seeing things in a different light.