hours may be lost in one moment as the result of a power failure; a
young student may be sick and miss the university entrance exam-
inations for which he spent so much time preparing; due to some
bureaucratic transactions, a person may spend days waiting in line;
documents may never be completed, thus causing a hitch; a person
who has an urgent engagement somewhere may miss his bus or
plane…These are the kinds of events that can happen in anyone's
life and that appear to be difficult setbacks.
But there is much beauty in these occurrences from the point of
view of someone with faith. Above all, a believer bears in mind that
Allah tests his conduct and his steadfastness, that he will die and
that it is a waste of time for him to dwell on these difficulties since
he is going to give an account in the afterlife. He knows there is a
silver lining to all things that happen. He never loses heart but
prays that Allah will make his job easy and make everything turn
out well. And when relief comes after difficulty, he thanks Allah
that He has accepted and answered his prayer.
Aperson who begins his day
with this in mind will rarely lose
hope no matter what happens or
Harun Yahya
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