Conversation between Dr. S L Peeran and a devotee who had lost his hope in life.
S.L. Peeran:
In the name of God the most Beneficent and most Merciful. May God bless you with a good health and long life with prosperity in life and here after. By God’s grace you are at your 50 year and you don’t have any serious health issues, and you have a vehicle which you can use for your job. If you are getting a low salary or lesser financial support, then please do not worry about it as God says in Holy Quran-e-shariff “whoever has hope and trust in God’s mercy, God will surely bless His Mercy on them”. As you are a Muslim and you must be aware that being not contended with what is blessed on you is a sign of a disbeliever. Be patient as you have a wife who dedicates her life for you, your son has got a job and your daughter is studying well and your mother is still alive.
So whatever disability you may have, please turn them into abilities and that would be possible only when you adopt a positive attitude if not then the side effects are that you will spoil your health by worrying and you cannot enjoy the current life. Hence do not carry the baggage.
Let me tell you this that I was appointed for Mumbai court and 8 judges were supposed to work under me then why did I not take it up. Because I worked out that if I quit the job and I take voluntary retirement then I could help my children. I was able to help both the sons for their higher education and was able to give money to my elder sister and for our Dargah. Not only that I got both my son’s married and I also had enough money for my son’s marriages. It is because I believe and trust in God and God has helped me throughout my life.
Devotee: Is it happening to everybody?
S.L. Peeran
It will my dear, you might have committed so many errors in life but Allah swt did not punish you for that, you are not jailed, not exposed and whatever condition God has kept you today it’s His grace. At the same time, you also have your weaknesses, you don’t want to travel out of your city and you are nervous to attend interviews then how do you expect a bigger role. Now the question is how do you convert your weakness into your strength?
Let me tell you count your blessings. You have a great peer or Sufi Master, you go to mosques and Dargahs then why don’t you plan to become a saint. For that you have to give up your ego, do some service to the poor people. Share what you can to the ants, share your food, give tuition for children. There is a richest man in this city who is affected by cancer, he is ready to give billions of rupees but nobody will take the disease. How do you get rid of pain? It is only through compassion and removing your baggage. Do some social work?
Infact, Mother Teresa got noble prize not by serving rich people but by serving the poor. She also served the people who were dying she wanted them to die with dignity. This is a service to God. God says you help me. I will make you a King. So it comes through dedication and consistency. So now the question is how do we solve the problems by searching for solutions. Say to God that “Oh my Lord you have given me this good life with a good health and I want to serve You, please take service from me”. Now you may do whatever you may choose to for example you may serve a mosque, do some social service and do not curse your fate. See my dear, now my mother has passed away and now I cannot serve her. I remember her anniversary is coming this month but can I wish her no, but your mother is alive with good health hence serve her.
Now you may ask me the same question what social service are you doing but let me tell you that I am entering my 70th year in my life and I serve by giving away my pension to the needy, and I keep thanking God for whatever blessing I have received, and I treat my servants with the respect they deserve and even my wife also does the same, she also feeds them daily, as I know that most of the other houses don’t do so.
Devotee:
I have a question Peeran sahab, that I also tried doing many businesses for a better income and I tried all possible ways but still why I am not able to succeed?
S. L. Peeran
It’s a very practical question. Let me tell you it is simple God, finds danger for you in all the business or may be due to your own weaknesses also. Or maybe you have not analyzed your weaknesses and talents. There has to be fire in the belly, being dedicated and consistently doing things to improve day by day. My first Son is appointed as a Director of a company and he wants to become like Bill gates and my second Son wants to become a High court judge. This is not boasting but to create a vision for future and to work hard towards that goal say that the vision.
God says “I will purify you from all the sins if you seek repentance” so getting purified is a vision. Similarly, if you have a vision you will be able to achieve but I repeat it is the vision which pushes you forward.
I certainly understand that you have faced many failures but all of them are a stepping stone for success. Every dark cloud will have a silver lining, for example the winter will not continue forever seasons will change. Be happy my dear.
Let me put it this way what happens if any of your dependents had fallen sick which requires a treatment in a foreign country, or any other problem which requires a lot of money to be invested, are you then not blessed by the God. So be happy.
Show mercy and mercy will be shown to you, love others and love will come back to you become a man of love, do some social work which will give you happiness. I was supposed to be promoted but it did not happen, there was a Junior person who was promoted, I should have become a Vice President but my seniors gave the position to a junior most person. It is okay, I did not carry the baggage but you know I increased my productivity 10 times than what I was doing even though some injustice was done to me. But on the other hand I am getting my pension and my children are happy today. I am having a good retired life. so I must thank God.
If you expect all the blessings should be showered on you then that is very high expectation and that is wrong. As you are aware that there are many thousands and lakhs in the world who cannot afford two times meals still they are happy are they not? But your’ s is not! see your wife is earning, your son is earning, you are also earning your mother is there to pray and bless you then why should you be not happy. And more importantly if you show this happiness to your son who is in his first job it will give him hope to fight the battles of life.
Let me put it this way the average Indian life is 62 and you have touched 50 years now and you have completed your 75% of life, be happy for the rest of the 25 % of your life and help man- kind and in return God will help you and make your more and more stronger.
May God bless you with hope, strength in your heart and good health.
Devotee – Ameen.