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cupy his mind all day. But these useless thoughts are of no benefit to
him either in this life or the next. Some people claim that the main
thing that prevents them from thinking deeply about these things is
the struggle they have in this world. Because of the time they must
give to satisfying needs for food, shelter and health, they claim they
have no time left to think about the existence of Allah or the signs
leading to faith. But this is nothing more than evasion of responsi-
bility. A person's familial duties and the position in which he
finds himself have nothing to do with thinking. A
person who, in order to win Allah's ap-
proval, thinks
about the
s i g n s
leading
to faith,
Allah's de-
cree, the afterlife,
death and reflects on the blessings our Lord
has given him in this life, will find Allah's help at his side. He will see
that many of his problems are easily solved and he will be able to find
more time and ease to think.
A believer never forgets that Allah has created every situation
he meets during his day. The purpose of the creation of these things
is for us to learn to be patient or to use our minds to try to solve the
problem in the way most pleasing to Allah. If there is a problem that
cannot be solved by personal effort, then the only thing to do is to be
patient. To become irritated, start shouting and arguing like some
people do, is wrong and senseless because it may be dangerous both
