"There is a story which Rumi tells of an ant that is creeping across the carpet in a mosque, and the ant complains to God saying: "What is this, these bumps, and strange colours, and patterns, this must have been created just as a meaningless obstacle course, what a futile thing to have made." But of course the carpet maker, looking at it from above can see the patterns and the purpose of it, and can see that the whole thing is perfect and is good.
And Allah planned everything in the best way. He planned our fate so perfectly, that we as human cannot really comprehend until we see how much khair was lying in all obstacles. We often can't make sense of the misfortunes because we are two dimensional, we are at ground level, we can't see what it all means, but we must learn that even if we can't always see that this is a manifestation of Allah's will which is always good and always perfect and always beautiful."
- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

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