The believer recognizes everything--good and bad, pleasing and displeasing--as being a test. All of life, in reality is a test, as Allah Most High makes clear in the Quran: He has created death and life in order to truly test you--which of you are best in deeds. [Quran, 67.2] Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains a set of verses from Surat al-Baqara in which Allah guides us on how to respond to the tests and trials of life--and the tremendous consequences of right response: You who believe, seek help through patience and prayer, for Allah is with the steadfast. Do not say that those died in the path of Allah are dead. Rather, they are alive, though you do not realize it. We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives, and crops. But give glad tidings to the steadfastly patient--those who say, when afflicted with calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’ These will have blessings upon them from their Lord and mercy--and it is they who are rightly guided. [Quran, 2.153-157]
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:00:46 +0000
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