YIKES!!!

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem.

So basically, I was doing some deep frying yesterday. While I was trying to remove the ones that were done frying from the pan, the pan began to slip gradually and before I could hold it to prevent the oil from pouring, It poured on the floor and missed my leg by just veeeery few inches, though little drops fell unnoticed on my leg. Though I prevented the entire oil from pouring, The first thing that came out of my mouth was..."why does this always happen to me?" Astagfirullah! As soon as I realized what I said I asked Allah for forgiveness. I realized how ungrateful I was being. My mind kept telling me, "This is the 4th time in your life that Allah is saving you from being severely burnt by hot oil and yet You still question him? astagfirullah!" I've realised how lucky I am to be untouched by the steaming oil. I can't even imagine the pain I would have gone through if it actually poured on my legs. ALHAMDULILLAH! This got me thinking of some verses from the Qur'an:

And when your Lord announced: "If you are grateful, I will certainly give you increase, but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe." (Surah Ibrahim, 7)

Allah makes an example of a city that was safe and at peace, its provision coming to it plentifully from every side. Then it showed ingratitude for Allah's blessings, so He made it wear the robes of hunger and fear for what it did. (Surat an-Nahl, 112)

I also found out that ingratitude to Allah is also termed as kufrun-Ni'amah (disbelief manifesting itself in ungratefulness for Allah's blessings or favors), though it does not exclude one from the folds of Islam.

May Allah protect us from any form of disbelief and keep us in the deen of Islam until the last breath escapes from our lips, ameeen!