The Muslim Of Difficult Times The quality of a Muslims belief and moral character is revealed in difficult times. Under such circumstances, we see their superior morality, courage, patience, trust, perception, fortitude, tolerance, willingness to forgive, self-sacrifice, mercy, humanity, appreciation, conscience, and composure. The Muslim of difficult times indicates an individual who endures every difficulty, frustration, and deprivation while displaying the qualities listed above. Such people never compromise their moral character, encounter every eventuality with great maturity and trust in Allah, see the reason for everything that happens and the good in it, and exhort others to practice the same superior morality. As The Quran says: … when they came at you from above and below, when your eyes rolled and your hearts rose to your throats... (Surat al-Ahzab, 10), these difficult times are when believers undergo serious testing and are beset by frustrations. When we speak of difficult times, some examples come to the mind of people who do not know Allah: a natural disaster, losing a job, bankruptcy, and similar events. But for those with faith, the difficult moments refer to more serious situations: a time when a person is deprived of his or her most basic requirements, and when the frustrations are far more serious than those experienced in daily life. The Quran defines such times when the heart roses to the throat as periods when every imaginable kind of difficulty, illness, and disaster falls upon a person one after another, such as when they are thrown out of their house, driven from their country, confronted with traps set just for them, as well as their family and people, and they are subject to spiritual oppression. The Quran provides examples of the difficulties experienced by the Prophets and devout believers. As we said earlier, devout believers have been brought through and endured many serious trials, for: …Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who believed with him asked: When is Allahs help coming? Be assured that Allahs help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara, 214) In this verse, Allah announces that all people will undergo difficulties and gives the good news that those who are patient will have good things for eternity. In these times, the difference between Muslims of moments of distress and fair-weather Muslims will become evident. Members of the first group respond to their difficulties and frustrations in this way: Those who, when disaster strikes them, say: We belong to Allah and to Him we will return. (Surat al-Baqara, 156)
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 04:47:08 +0000
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