Assalam Alikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatouh As I was lying down on the hospital bed helpless and unable to get myself even a glass of water, I realized how arrogant and inpatient we can be with one another as humans. One of the nurses of the ward I was in from day one was always unhappy and unpleasant. She was so defensive and ready to get her guns out the minute you try to talk to her. She was always ready to give you a lecture or attitude at any time you try to say anything ignoring the fact that you are so vulnerable and helpless. …… The healthy me would be so mad and so angry at such a person and might even treat her back the same way but Subhana Allah, on that day Allah gave me the blessing of thought and sight and my arrogance did not have the best of me. I asked myself: There must be a reason why this girl is behaving this way!!....She must be putting this face as a defense mechanism otherwise why would one want to be so miserable and angry all the time. The next day she came I decided to ask her about her evening and how it was. Then as she was doing my bed, I asked her about her name. She was answering but with caution. The day after she came I said good morning and asked her if she wanted me to get up from bed so she can do the bed and she said yes. I then thanked her for her help and assistance. The third day, they had a very tough and rude patient who was screaming at the nurses and calling them animals while they were running around trying to comfort her and help her with her pain. She was requested by her supervisor to accompany the rude lady to another department and she was telling her colleagues wish me luck as she was dreading it……so I called her name and said: Good luck dear. She laughed so much and said thank you, you are so sweet and I saw a different person this time. Later through the day, I was lying on my bed thinking of my mother and I got a little emotional and she was passing and saw me tearing, she came running and held my hand and said why are you crying? She was so soft and gentle like it is a different person Subhana Allah. She kissed me and wished me well and left. As I was leaving to go home, she came down with us to help me with my items and as I was sitting on the wheel chair, she kneeled down, held my hand and said: Don’t worry everything will be fine and you will see your parents soon. You are a very good person; I have never met someone like you before. She then told my husband your wife is so lovely and she said good bye and left. As she was going this ayah came to my mind and brought me to tears Subhhana Allah Allah says: وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ What can be translated as: And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend. But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good]. 41:34-35 Subhana Allah the Quran has laid for us a guide for each and every transaction in our life and yet we let the shaytaan have the best of us. We read without understanding. We get angry, we hate and we want revenge. We are completely blinded by the Shaytaan forgetting that the other person is also human and there might be much more to them than what we first saw. Allah says: Is the reward for good [anything] but good? So do good and do not expect anything back and believe me you will get it back because it is the promise of Allah and Allah never fails his promises This was a very deep lesson for me Alhamdulilah. I plan to use it and implement it as much as I can in shaa Allah. Let’s learn from the Quran and let’s give each other a chance for Allah’s sake. See beyond your eyes and contemplate with the intention to do good to please Allah.\\