A Father’s Gift

A FATHER’S GIFT of my children, just as You have inspired human beings with the prayer: ‘Our Lord, grant us good in this world as well as good in the world to come, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.’” (Quran, 2:201) When a father makes this prayer for his children, he bestows them something more significant. He desired to give himself to his children, but his circumstances have allowed him to surrender them to their Lord through his heartfelt prayers. He wanted to offer his children something small; his circumstances enabled him to give them something far greater—God, the Lord of the Worlds.