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for themselves and for others.
It is wrong for people to expect trials to occur
only with great pain and tragedy as tests of our pa-
tience, because Allah tests human beings throughout the day with
various trials both big and small. So, annoying things like being
caught in traffic or being late in arriving somewhere and small ac-
cidents are tests for human beings. But, in this situation, those who
live according to the teaching of the Qur'an do not feel annoyance
and they keep their patience without complaining. In the Qur'an,
Allah reveals that it is one of the characteristics of believers that
they remain patient with the trials to which they are subject:
Whose hearts quake at the mention of Allah, and
who are steadfast in the face of
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