Building Life

stuck in the past or present essentially denies the true nature of life. And one who denies reality, in effect, denies themselves. For such a person, changing reality becomes impossible. NO FAILURE A unique aspect of the prophetic vision is that it perceives a “no” as a potential “yes.” This is based on the divine design of the world, where nothing is ultimately insurmountable. Every difficulty inherently carries ease within it. This reality of life is articulated in the Quran with the words: “So, verily, with hardship comes ease, verily, with hardship comes ease” (94:5-6). The biographer of the Prophet, Ibn Ishaq, states that in the eighth year of Hijra, while traveling from Makkah to Taif, the Prophet of Islam went through a narrow and challenging mountain pass. He inquired about the name of this path. The people said, “Al-Dhayyiqa” (Difficult). The Prophet replied, “No, rather its name is Al-Yusra” (Easy). (Seerah Ibn Hisham, vol. 2, p. 482) This incident demonstrates the prophetic way of thinking. The Prophet sees everything in the world through God’s perspective. That is why even difficulties seem like ease to him, because God created the world with the idea that ease always goes hand in hand with hardship. The study of Prophet Muhammad’s life shows that he faced