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they wanted to submit to Me, perfect and purify their fiib�dah to Me,
and only love Me, and not to love another besides Me, by means o

obedience and submission to Me”. (Tafsır Ibni Jarır a†-‡abarı
V/190-191).

Disease and illness can open the awareness that you really
need All�h. There is not a single moment when you do not need

Him, so much so that your heart is always dependent upon All�h.

You will always appear before All�h whom earlier you were
negligent of, and at such times a calamity will feel better than a

cbenefit. Shaikhul Isl�m Ibnu Taiymiyyah said; “A Calamity

earned for All�h’s sake alone, is better for you than a blessing
that makes you forget to remember Him”.

7. Remember the blessings of the past and those that are.

Amongst the benefits of illness are the remembrance of
blessings and favours that All�h prevailed upon you. Many forms

of blessing have been bestowed by All�h upon you and a great
number of disasters have been circumvented from you. Many

blessings have been neglected by you at the time you were in a state

of health. Since you were drowning in contentment because of the
existence of those blessings, so the calamities that befell you can

remind you of the blessings that are bountiful around you. How

long have you been in a state of health, then you remember the
blessings that you have. How many blessings have been prevalent

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