Every person has moments in life that may be called difficult. Most
people who live away from the moral values of the Qur'an experience
these moments with feelings like discomfort, sadness and boredom. In
such environments, these people display attitudes like
aggressiveness, tension and a disputatious attitude. The reason for
these reactions is that they do not have faith in Allah and the
perfection of the destiny He created. The reasons, which prevent
these people seeing the goodness behind these events, can be summed
up as follows:
Not Forgetting That the World is A Place of Trial
Some people think that most of their lives develop as a result of
coincidences in a flow. But this mistaken evaluation is a grave
misconception. Everything from big incidents like having cancer or
losing a close one in a traffic accident, to the food he eats or
the clothes he wears are special events preordained in that
person's destiny. Allah creates all these incidents down to the
finest detail for that person's trial.
A person is subject to a continuous trial throughout his life;
nothing happens by coincidence. If a person cannot grasp this fact
and thinks that events take place independent of Allah, then he is
greatly mistaken. This is because all things that happen through the
course of life are a test Allah created especially for this person,
and this person is held responsible for his reactions and
behaviors. His behaviors and morals will determine his condition in
the hereafter. The knowledge that everything great and small could
not happen by coincidence and all of them are incidents Allah has
created in that person's destiny is one of the most important
truths that he should always keep in mind. As long as a person do
not forget this truth, he would never forget that everything he
faces is good for him because everything happens by Allah's leave.
In this case people should first bear in mind that the life of this
world is a place of trial in order to "see the best" in everything.
No Self is Burdened With More Than It Can Stand
Allah tests every person with different events and people in many
ways. However it is important to point this out ; Allah has infinite
power and He is very merciful (Al-Halim) to His servants; He does
not give His servants a trial that is beyond their power. This is a
promise made by Allah:
"We do not impose on any self any more than it can stand. With Us
there is a Book which speaks the truth. They will not be wronged."
(Surat al-Muminun, 62)
Every difficult trial, diseases, accidents, financial and spiritual
troubles a person may face in the life of this world are trials
within the boundaries that he can handle. However, if a person
chooses rebellion and thanklessness suggested by satan instead of
good morals and patience, then this is his own choice and he will be
held responsible for his attitude.
From time to time, a person may think that he has no way out,
everything is over or that this is a difficulty he cannot overcome.
He may display a rebellious attitude by forgetting that there may
be a goodness in that incident. But all of these are actually empty
illusions given by satan. A sincere believer should know this truth;
no matter what he lives through, this is something he can use to
show good morals and patience. Despair is a suggestion given by
satan.
A believer should never fall into despair, as Allah commands us, and
should deeply think about every situation he faces.
Believers know that the difficulties Allah creates for them in the
life of this world are but trials. They know that these trials are
created especially to distinguish between sincere Muslims and those
who have sickness in their hearts. This is because Allah reveals in
the Qur'an that He will test Muslims and distinguish the right ones
from the wrong ones:
" Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the Garden without
Allah knowing those among you who had struggled and knowing the
steadfast?" (Surah Al 'Imran, 142)
Misunderstanding the Fact of Destiny
People make many plans for their future, the next day or an hour from
now throughout their lives. These plans are sometimes realized
according to plan, but sometimes they are hindered due to
unexpected developments. People who are astray from the moral
values of religion think that these disruptions happen by
coincidence.
In reality neither plans nor unexpected disruptions take place.
Whether or not a plan is carried out or not, all incidents a person
faces are in that person's destiny and are events preordained by
Allah. As it is revealed in the verse; " He directs the whole
affair from heaven to earth..." (Surat as-Sajda, 5) And it is also
revealed in another verse; "We have created all things in due
measure." (Surat al-Qamar, 49)
A person may think that he lives what he plans, but actually he only
lives the destiny Allah creates for him. Therefore, even if a
person thinks that he can change his destiny by doing something, he
actually thinks that because this is also in his destiny. Not even a
single moment is outside destiny. A person in coma dies because it is
in his destiny and a person who wakes up from a coma months later
is also saved because it is in his destiny.
A person who could not understand faith completely would think that
all incidents are a result of random developments and coincidences.
Such a person believes that everything in the universe exists
unattended. When something bad happens to him because of that, he
would name such things with meaningless words like "luck".
However a person's intelligence and discernment is very limited;
also a person is a being limited to time and place. Everything that
happens in a person's life is created by Allah Who is not bound by
time and place and Who has "infinite wisdom". This truth is revealed
in the Qur'an as such:
"Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves,without its
being in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy for
Allah."(Surat al-Hadid, 22)
As a result of this great truth, what a person needs to do is to
understand that every incident is created for the best and that they
should surrender to the destiny Allah has created for him. However,
people who have sincere faith live their lives knowing that
everything in their lives is subject to the destiny Allah creates
and they are all created for a reason. As a result of this they
always reach goodness. This good morality and solid submission
shown by believers is revealed in the Qur'an as such:
"Say: 'Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for
us. He is Our Master. It is in Allah that the faithful should put
their trust.'"(Surat at-Tawba, 51)
Satan Seeks to Prevent Us From Seeing Good
It is revealed to us in the Qur'an that satan is thankless and
rebellious. We understand from the verses that he will approach
people from the right, left, front and back and try everything to
divert people from the true path. One of the most important methods
satan uses to reach this evil goal is the prevent people from seeing
the best in everything that happens, and thus make them rebellious
and unthankful towards Allah. People who do not comprehend the
beauty of the Qur'an's moral values, who live away from religious
morality and spend their lives in empty and meaningless pursuits
fall into this trap of satan.
Satan tries whisper suggestions into people's hearts by finding
their sensitive areas; he tries to call them to rebel against Allah
and the destiny He has determined. For example, when someone's
neighbor has a traffic accident, he can easily remind one that this
incident is in destiny and explain the good things about this
incident. And he can even calm them by saying, "The important thing
is you are saved; Allah protected you". But some people cannot act
the same when his family or he goes through the same events. They
can fall into satan's trap and see rebellion as much easier, because
it is a matter of consciousness to try and see the best in things,
submit to Allah and be patient. If the person does not use his
consciousness enough, he would always display the wrong behaviors
under such circumstances.
Allah Creates Every Incident for the Best Advantage of His Servants
In short, as we have emphasized with examples throughout this
article, satan approaches people in two ways to prevent the good.
The first is that he does everything he can to prevent good deeds
and tries to guide people to cling to the life of this world. The
second is that he tries to prevent people from seeing the good and
wisdom behind incidents. Especially when there is a calamity, he
tries to make it appear as "evil" (Allah is beyond that) and tries
to divert people into rebelling against Allah.
However, Allah has granted people countless blessings. He shows His
kindness to people with blessings from birth till death. Therefore
believers take Allah as a friend and guide, trust and submit to
Allah even if they do not understand the wisdom of something they
are faced with and endure in knowing that a good result will surely
come out of it. No matter what the situation is, they do not rebel or
complain. They know that even in the case of fatal situations it
will turn to their advantage in the end. And every difficult thing
they have faced will be a vital and crucial turning point that will
help save them in the hereafter, by Allah's leave. As revealed in
the verse "... It may be that you hate something when it is good for
you and it may be that you love something when it is bad for you.
Allah knows and you do not know. (Surat al-Baqara, 216)
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