Allah talks about pairing

This morning my brother sent me a whatsapp message. It contained good lessons. I think the message should be spread out as it (maybe) brings new knowledge as well as reminder, especially for moslems.

I tried to translate and do some editing to the message as best as I could to ease the readers without distorting the contains it brings.

Please fill these following points,
1. Allah who makes laugh and ....
2. Allah who gives death and ....
3. Allah who creates males and ....
4. Allah who gives riches and ....

The majority of people will answer those questions with these answer,
1. Cry/Weep
2. Life
3. Females
4. Poorness/Poverty

Are they true?

To weigh whether the answers are true or not, let us compare them to a series of the words of Allah in Sura An-Najm (53), verses: 43, 44, 45 and 48 as follows, 

ﻮﺃﻨﱠﻪ ﻫﻮﺃﺿﺤﻚ ﻮﺃﺑﻜﻰ

And that He it is Who maketh laugh, and maketh weep (An-Najm: 43)

ﻮﺃﻨﱠﻪ ﻫﻮﺃﻤﺎﺖ ﻮﺃﺤﻴﺎ

And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life (An-Najm: 44)

ﻮﺃﻨﱠﻪ ﺨﻠﻖ ﺍﻠﺯﺟﻴﻦ ﺍﻠﺬﻜﺮ ﻭﺍﻷﻧﺜﻰ

And that He createth the two spouses, the male and female (An-Najm: 45)

ﻮﺃﻨﱠﻪ ﻫﻮﺃﻏﻧﻰ ﻭﺃﻗﻧﻰ

And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth (An-Najm: 48)

It turns out that the answers are correct for questions 1 to 3. However, for the question 4 perhaps very little of us answer it correctly.

The answer Allah gives to us for that question is not poorness, but (feeling of) content.

Subhanallah.
Verily, Allah, the most high, only grants wealth and sufficiently to His objects.

It is ourselves who create poorness. It may be caused by economic injustice, laziness, or simply as a result of our state of mind. That is the very reason for those who are being grateful continuously, even though in scarcity, can keep smiling and feel contented, not feel poor.

Therefore, let us develop our feeling of abundance and adequacy in our heart and our mind, so we can continously being grateful to Allah.

Written originally in Bahasa Indonesia by Ustadz Abu Sa'ad M. Nurhuda, M.A., via: Abu Salamah.

Al-Quran transliteration by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall