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In this earthly life, a person can lose everything he owns in a
moment. He can lose his house in a fire, his investments in an eco-
nomic crisis or valuable possessions because of an accident. Allah
says in the Qur'an that people will undergo this kind of testing:
We will test you with a certain amount of fear and hunger and
loss of wealth and life and crops. But give good news to the
steadfast. (Surat al-Baqara: 155)
Allah tells people that they will undergo various kinds of
tests and that they will receive a good reward for their steadfast-
ness in difficult circumstances. For example, a person loses some-
thing he owns and cannot find it; the steadfastness that Allah de-
scribes in the Qur'an is when a person puts himself completely in
Allah's hands and submits to His will from the moment he learns
that his possessions, whether large or small, have been lost. He
does not lose sight of the fact that Allah
has made everything and does not let
his attitude or behaviour become
unbalanced.
A person may suffer even
worse losses in the course of
a day. For example if some-
one loses a source of in-
come on which he spent
the greater part of his day
in order to meet his needs,
that loss is serious for
someone who believes
that his future de-
pended on it. Many
of the people
have
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