DON'T BE SAD Episode 201 SOME OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP

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*DON'T BE SAD*

Episode 201

*SOME OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP*

Hardship makes one turn humbly toward one's Lord. Someone once said, "How Perfect is ALLĀH, Who has elicited supplication through hardship." It has been related that ALLĀH tested one of His slaves in a matter and then said to the Angels that it was, "In order to hear his voice," meaning his supplications and invocations. Hardship instills humility in the heart of the afflicted:

Surah Al-Alaq, Verse 6:

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

Nay! Verily, man does transgress all bounds (in disbelief and evil deed, etc.).

People give comfort to, and pray for, the afflicted. Thus during times of hardship the believers come together in a spirit of brotherhood.

Hardship should make one grateful for having been saved from that which is greater than the hardship with which he was afflicted. Furthermore, hardship atones for sins. When the slave of ALLĀH gains an appreciation of these facts, he will be thankful.

Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 10:

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ وَأَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةٌ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Say (O Muhammad SAW): "O My slaves who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), be afraid of your Lord (Allah) and keep your duty to Him. Good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world, and Allah's earth is spacious (so if you cannot worship Allah at a place, then go to another)! Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning."