This year has been a tragic one for the aviation industry. What has this taught us - the ones who lost their family and friends, and also the ones who were untouched by any of these disasters?
We all know the famous du’a for travelling, which comes from Surah Al Zukhruf:
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ
Human beings have differing strengths and weaknesses. We fluctuate in our spiritual stability and our tendency to sin or to do good deeds. The Creator did not make us as perfect beings – sometimes we get weak, and we fall down into the net of Shaitan and commit sins.
In Closing the Chapter* we touched upon how forgiveness is the best way of moving on in life. This has raised questions on whether it is right to simply forgive, if we keep getting hurt by the same repeat offenders.