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Allah tests His believing servants with various types of crises and disasters in order to:

1) Reveal the Patient from the Impatient:

³And certainly, We shall test you with a bit of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits.But give glad tidings to the patient ones who, when afflicted with a calamity, say: ³Truly!To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return.´ They are those upon whom are theblessings, descend from their Lord, and they receive His Mercy, and it is they who areguided.´ (Surah Al-Baqarah 2: 155- 157)

³And among mankind is he who worships Allah as if he were upon the very edge (i.e. indoubt ); if good befalls him, he is content with it ; . But if a trial befalls him, he turns back onhis face. He loses both this World and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.´(Surah al-Haj22: 11)

³So, it is a must for the souls to be nurtured by way of tests, and to be severely tested during thecourse of the battle between truth and falsehood with fear and hardship, and with hunger anddecrease in wealth and life and fruits. This testing is a necessity so that the believer can give hisshare of what his belief requires; so that it becomes dear to him in accordance with that he givefor its sake of sacrifice and burden; so that it becomes dear to him in accordance with what he i



willing to give for its sake! The bearers of worthless beliefs that do not require any type of sacrifice will not hesitate to abandon their beliefs at the first sign of hardship. So, the burden heis the personal price that one pays so that this belief becomes dear and valuable in the hearts of its bearers before it becomes dear to the hearts of anyone else. Whenever they experience painfor its sake, and every single time they are forced to give something up for its sake, it becomes

even dearer and more valuable to them, and they become even more honored with it. With this,nobody else will realize its value until they see how its bearers are tested because of it and how patient they are upon such tests.´

(¶Fi Dhilal al-Qur¶an¶; 1/145)

2) Remove Our Sins and Reward the Righteous:

And, when he was old enough to walk with him, he said: ³O my son! I have seen in a dream thaI am slaughtering you, so what do you think?´ He said: ³O my father! Do that which you arecommanded, if Allah Wills, you will find me to be of the patient.´ Then, when they had bothsubmitted, and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead, and We called out to him: ³O IbrahimYou have fulfilled the dream!´ Verily! Such do We reward the good-doers.´ (Surah as-Saffat:102-7)

Sa¶ad bin Abi Waqqas reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah (SAW): ³Which of the people are tested most severely?´ Rasulullah (SAW) replied: ³The Prophets, then the righteous,then those who are most like them, then those who are most like them from the people. A man itested according to his religious commitment. So, if his religious practice is sound, then histesting is increased, and if his religious practice is weak, then his testing is reduced. A servantcontinues to be tested until he walks the Earth without a single sin on him.´ (Ahmad, Tirmidhi)

3) Purify the Ranks and Distinguish the Righteous from theWicked:

³Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which you are now until He distinguishes thewicked from the good.´ (Surah Al µImrân 3:179)

³And when the believers saw the Confederates, they said: ³This is what Allah and HisMessenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger had spoken the truth,´ and it onlyadded to their faith and submissiveness.´ (Surah Ahzaab 33:22)

³Allah might make easy the affairs of the people of evil so that they may increase in sin andcorruption, and so that they might increase in their buildup of sins and crimes. Then, he may dewith them in this World or the Hereafter ± depending on His Wisdom and Decision ± on accounof this sinister buildup of deeds! On the other hand, He may also prevent them from ease so thathey would increase in evil and sin and crimes and suffocation, eventually losing hope in theMercy of Allah, resulting in an increase in their buildup of evil and misguidance. Likewise,Allah can make easy the affairs of the people of good so that they may become established intheir righteous actions and carry out as much of them as they can while increasing in their



sustenance, so that they may thank Him for these blessings with their hearts, tongues, and pleasant actions. With all of this, they increase in a buildup of good deeds that they rightfullydeserve with Allah because of their righteousness and because of the good that Allah Knows is their hearts. On the other hand, he may also prevent them from ease in order to observe their patience upon this state, as well as their confidence and hope in their Lord, their relaxation at th

realization of His Power, their being pleased with Him as their only Lord ± and He is better thanall others ± resulting in an increase in their buildup of good.´

(Fi Dhilal al-Qur¶an)

4 ) Emphasize the Hardships of This World in Comparison tothe Hereafter:

³Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the kingdom, and He is Able to do all things. The One Who hcreated death and life in order to test you and see which of you is best in deed, and He is the Al

Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving.´ (Surah al-Mulk 67:1-2)

5) Expose the Reality of the Human Being:

³Verily, We have created man from drops of mixed semen in order to test him, so We made himhearer, seer. Verily, We showed him the way, so he is either grateful or ungrateful.´ (Surah al-Insan 76: 2-3)

³Verily, We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it so that We may test them asto which of them are best in deeds.´ (Surah al-Kahf 18:7)

³And it is He Who has made you generations after generations, replacing each other on the earthAnd He has raised you in ranks ± some above others ± that He may test you in that which He ha bestowed on you. Surely, your Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly He is Oft*-Forgiving,Most Merciful.´ (Surah al-An¶am 6:165)

A human being is tested so that he may come to know the reality of himself and others. Life isconsists of constant testing; testing with what is bad, or testing with what is good. However,what is best for the believer may be found in what he hates, and what is bad for him may befound in what he likes. The true believer is the one who loves that which Allah has chosen for him. So, if He tests him with something that he loves, he thanks Him, and if He tests him withthat which he hates, he is patient and thanks Him in this case, as well. And Allah ± the Glorified ± gives the believer in accordance with what will lead to his happiness in either this World or thnext. So, if it is better for him to have something, Allah gives it to him. If it is better for him noto have something, Allah prevents him from having that thing, just as one who is sick is prevented from too much food or water. Therefore, it is upon a person to completely submit toAllah ± the Glorified ± in regards to what He has chosen for him, and to be pleased with whatAllah has given him, and to understand that if Allah prevents him from something, then it is because Allah wishes to save him from being tested with that thing.

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