This World is a place of Trials and Tribulations

*This World is a place of  Trials and Tribulations*

My dear brother,my dear sister,my dear mother and father,it's no secret that we experience difficult moments in our lives,but the important aspect for us is to realise that Allah subahanahu watahala taught us the remedy to deal with these difficulties, he gave us the medication to deal with these difficulties and that is the medication of patience.Allah subhanahu watahala in His book establishes the fact that we will be tested in this world.He said  in the second juz;

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوفْ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الأَمَوَالِ وَالأنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ

We will certainly test you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and fruits (earnings) but give glad tidings to the persevering and patient

He promises that we will be tested with many different tests,with life,with death,with poverty,we will be tested,it's part and parcel of this life.But He immediately after  informing us of the sunnah of the life that we live in,tells us that glad tidings upon the patient.who are the patient?Allah  tell us in Qur'an chapter 2verse 156,that;

الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّـهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَ‌اجِعُونَ

They are those when the difficulty Afflicts them,they say indeed we are from Allah,and unto Allah we will Return.

They remain with their iman,they remain with their Islam,they never deny Allah,even though they have been tested,they have been afflicted with difficulty, they have been afflicted with adversity, it only makes their belief in Allah stronger,

It only makes their understanding of this Ayah better,and in it they understand that Allah has provide us an opportunity to say innalilahi waina ilayhi rojihun(indeed we belong to Allah and indeed to Him we will return). They are those who say this when afflicted with difficulty, when the calamity strikes,and what does Allah subhanahu watahalah says About them,He says that they have an amazing  prize,and this prize is in form of blessing befalling them,Allah says:

اُولٰٓـئِكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَلَوٰتٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرَحۡمَةٌ وَاُولٰٓـئِكَ هُمُ الۡمُهۡتَدُوۡنَ‏

(2:157) Upon them will be the blessings and mercy of their Lord, and it is they who are rightly guided.

And you know if you ponder over these Ayat,it teaches us that when a difficulty Afflicts us it's not  an Obstacle,Rather it's an  opportunity, the opportunity to get Salawat(i.e,those who are blessed and will be forgiven) from their Lord. 

The opportunity to get mercy from Allah,if we did not go through this difficulty successfully,we would have been void   from these blessing.

Thus,it is not an obstacle, it's an opportunity, I want you to benchmark what I have said against the difficulties, you O servant of Allah and you O child of  Adam are facing in your home,benchmark it against this lessons that I have said,it is not an obstacle but,it is an opportunity.

Think about the exams that you and I take in this world,we go to school and we write exams,we write our secondary school exams,it is a test,when we pass this test we have greater opportunities awaiting us,we can go to university, and when we pass our test in university, we have greater opportunities awaiting us, in form of getting a good job that pays a better salary,or maybe you might just choose to go further and do a masters degree and you will face more tests,and when you pass those tests,you have greater opportunities that await you.This is the same,O servants of Allah,with every test you pass that Allah presents you.Allah increases your blessings, every test passed is a chance to earn a greater opportunity and even greater blessings, and that is why the Messenger of Allah(may the peace and blessings be upon him),said:

إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ قَوْمًا ابْتَلَاهُمْ 

That if Allah loves you he will test you

So it is not an obstacle instead an opportunity.

I want you to think this way,the messenger of Allah,the most beloved to him were tested,if they were tested what about  yourself and myself, Allah will never test you with a burden that you cannot carry,Never,ever,Allah has promised this in the Quran 2 vs 286 that He will never give you a burden that you cannot manage,so if you are facing a test,I want you to sit up,and I want you to believe that you can pass this test,I want you to believe that you are able,because Allah told you that you are able, and Allah loves you,thus he is testing you and Allah says He has presented you the opportunity to earn His Salawat and to earn His mercy and to build for you a great paradise.

We were not made for this world,we were made for jannah,these world is a test,Don't be shortsighted, the mercy of Allah will come,there is two eases for everyone difficulty, you might not see the ease in this world but by Allah if you don't,you will see it in a greater way in the hereafter when it matters

Allah subhanahu Watahala says in suratul Ankabut verse 2 to 3

Do you think is enough for you to say you belief  and you will never be tested.

You are in the Duniya O servant of Allah

Allah is telling you that you will be tested

Allah says...

Indeed we tested those before you,and by Allah will make apparent those who are truthful when they say they believe, those who are truthful when they say we intend Allah,those who are truthful when they say we love Muhammad( sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam),And Allah will make apparent those who are just doing lip service but indeed are hypocrite and liars,May Allah shower upon us patience, may He assist us through out our difficulties.