The Big Drumstick

Today, I was volunteering at a soup kitchen. We were packing to-go dinner boxes. Each box got a piece of meatloaf, one piece of chicken, a scoop of corn and a scoop of rice.

I was at the end of the assembly line placing a fork in the container and sealing the box. As the each plate reached me, I noticed how some had huge pieces of chicken. Others had really small pieces.

Each time I saw a huge piece of chicken was in the dinner box, I couldn't help but think of the verses where Allah mentions how he extends his rizq (provision) to whoever he wants. I now see this in every aspect of life.

Even a homeless person in line at a soup kitchen, who is blessed to get the box with the big piece of chicken, has received an extended form of Allah's abundant provision.

أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ ٥٢

Do they not know that Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

Holy Quran | Chapter 39, Verse 52