'Why are their clouds at night and not in the hot summer
days when we need them more?' I asked out loud.
'Hmm?' my mother replied absentmindedly from the front seat.
We were on our way home from university from where I had been picked after a 2.5 hour long exam. We had stopped on the way at a mall and had dinner too, and by the end of it my knees ached terribly and I yearned for a good long sleep.
'Hmm?' my mother replied absentmindedly from the front seat.
We were on our way home from university from where I had been picked after a 2.5 hour long exam. We had stopped on the way at a mall and had dinner too, and by the end of it my knees ached terribly and I yearned for a good long sleep.
I looked up out of the car window at the clouds drifting
before the moon, causing its brilliant face to disappear in the process. There
was a nice breeze that night that kept them moving at their hurried pace. The
moon emerged again only to be taken over by more strands of wispy grey matter.
A small thought crossed my head as I gazed up at the dark night:
'And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.' (28:73)
When we reached home, there was no electricity. We groaned at the realization as we got out of the car and headed inside. Another humid night of sleeplessness, mosquito bites and sweat-drenched clothes.
After changing, I was out like a light (quite literally). With both the windows of my room open to allow for cross ventilation, the place was strangely cool and airy. Our room is normally among the hottest in our house. With three sides facing the sun on the outside throughout the day, it absorbs all the heat and then releases it inwards during the evening and night. The fan struggles to run and so the major source of air is the two windows situated strategically, with mosquito nets covering them from the outside.
When I woke up the next morning after a good night's sleep, I realized I had the answer to the question I had posed the night before. The electricity hadn't returned till 3 am that night but its absence wasn't really felt because of the cloudy, breezy weather outside. I couldn't help but be grateful for this blessing and even more for the realization of this blessing as both were from Him.
'And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.' (28:73)
When we reached home, there was no electricity. We groaned at the realization as we got out of the car and headed inside. Another humid night of sleeplessness, mosquito bites and sweat-drenched clothes.
After changing, I was out like a light (quite literally). With both the windows of my room open to allow for cross ventilation, the place was strangely cool and airy. Our room is normally among the hottest in our house. With three sides facing the sun on the outside throughout the day, it absorbs all the heat and then releases it inwards during the evening and night. The fan struggles to run and so the major source of air is the two windows situated strategically, with mosquito nets covering them from the outside.
When I woke up the next morning after a good night's sleep, I realized I had the answer to the question I had posed the night before. The electricity hadn't returned till 3 am that night but its absence wasn't really felt because of the cloudy, breezy weather outside. I couldn't help but be grateful for this blessing and even more for the realization of this blessing as both were from Him.
