Most people assume enlightenment means seeing the light. Floating. Inner peace. Knowing all the answers.

Nah. That’s not it.

When Allah opens your heart to the Deen, the world doesn’t change you do. Your perception shifts. The encryption begins to crack.

Because that’s what this world is: encrypted.

Every tree, cloud, email, invoice, client win it’s all part of something hidden. Covered. Masked. And unless you’ve got the right key, you’ll mistake the simulation for reality.

❖ The Illusion of Perception

I was listening to this reflection, and the reminder hit deep: the world doesn’t feed you. Your job doesn’t feed you. Numbers don’t feed you.

“When they were impressed with their numbers, Allah removed His help.”
(See: Battle of Hunayn – Qur’an 9:25)

We rely so heavily on what we can measure. KPIs. Bank balance. Projected growth. But if Allah withholds His aid, none of it matters. And if He grants His aid, none of it needs to matter.

That’s the paradox. You can’t build certainty off eyesight.

❖ What the Staff of Musa Taught Us

Allah asks Musa عليه السلام: “What is that in your right hand?”

He answers: “It is my staff.”
Familiar. Trustworthy. Safe.

Then Allah tells him: “Throw it down.” And suddenly, it becomes a snake. Alive. Threatening. Dangerous.

The same object, two completely different realities because Allah changed how it behaved.

Musa runs. Allah tells him: “Pick it up.”

That’s when you realise: you can’t rely on your senses. You can’t trust what you see. Not fully. Not without divine context.

It’s the same with life. Something you thought was a gift turns into a test. A trial turns into elevation. A loss reveals your real provision.

❖ Fir’awn’s Playbook: Optics and Ownership

Fir’awn flexes his empire:

“Am I not the king of Egypt? And do these rivers not flow beneath me?”
(Qur’an 43:51)

He claims to control agriculture, sustenance, even rain. He tries to own provision itself.

And then he says: “Do you not see?”

For people like Fir’awn, seeing is believing. They trust sight, control, quantity. They define power by perception.

But Allah flips it. He begins the Qur’an with:

“This is the Book in which there is no doubt, a guidance for the God-conscious.”
Who are they?
“Those who believe in the unseen.”
(Qur’an 2:2–3)

Believing is seeing. That’s the true believer’s lens.

You don’t wait for proof. You live with yaqeen.

❖ Behind the Curtain

Every leaf. Every transaction. Every delay. Every “no.” Every “yes.” Every ounce of risk you take…

It’s not chaos. It’s choreography.

It’s Allah working behind the scenes. Curtains everywhere. But behind them? Pure activity. Divine will. Mercy in motion.

And once you see the pattern once you know what to look for you stop panicking. You stop needing control. You just do your bit, rely on your Rabb, and sleep well.

That’s real peace.

✧ Final Thought

We’re surrounded by encryption. But we weren’t meant to break it alone.

The key is Tawheed.

It’s the ultimate decoder ring. It tells you: “Nothing sustains me except Allah. Nothing delays me except Allah. Nothing elevates me except Allah.”

Without that lens, you’ll spend your life interpreting things wrong.

But with it? Even the snake turns back into a staff.