What is the ruling on saying: "Were it not for guidance, our Lord, and certainty, the blossoms of wounds would have withered in vain," and does it fall under minor Shirk, like saying: "Were it not for the Messenger, we would not have been guided"? And what is the ruling on saying: "Gifts of destiny, wounds are gifts from the Beloved, calamities are a form of generosity"?

There is no harm in saying: "Were it not for Your guidance, our Lord, and certainty," for its meaning is: "Were it not for Your guidance and Your certainty, we would not have persevered," which is a correct meaning. Similarly, saying: "Were it not for the Messenger, we would not have been guided" is permissible, provided one believes that Allah alone is the ultimate cause. The permissibility of attributing "were it not for" to a cause is established in the Sunnah, such as the Prophet's (peace be upon him) statement concerning Abu Talib: "Were it not for me, he would have been in the lowest pit of Hellfire." Scholars have generally accepted this permissibility. There is no issue in saying "gifts of destiny" by likening destiny to a person who gives gifts, because some calamities are gifts from Allah. There is no harm in saying "gifts of the Beloved" if Allah Almighty is intended, as Ibn Abbas called Allah "Al-Wadud" (the Loving), meaning the Beloved.