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THE PAINS OF THE FALSE WORLD

ated by Allah, the Lord of the Universe. Knowing this and li-
ving by the comfort this knowledge inspires is one of the gre-
atest joys of life and faith. People who are aware of Allah's do-
minion over the entire universe, who know that He will al-
ways create what is best and most auspicious, behave in a
submissive and accepting way. Their hearts are there f o re al-
ways at ease. They know that Allah creates everything in the
light of a specific destiny, with goodness and wisdom, and act

in all they do with the confidence this knowledge brings with
it. This submissive attitude of believers is revealed in another
verse:
Say: "Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has
ordained for us. He is our Master. It is in Allah that the
believers should put their trust." (Surat at-Tawba, 51)
No matter what may befall them, believers, who know
that everything is under the control of Allah, never fall into
despair in the face of any trouble or diff i c u l t y. They always

try to see the positive aspect of everything. Everything a per-
son will think or say throughout his or her life is set out down
in the minutest detail by Allah before he or she is even born.
The individual encounters these events set out for him or her
when the time is right. Since believers know that everything
in their destiny has been created in such a way as to have an
auspicious conclusion, they are always submissive to that
destiny and feel secure and at ease. In the Qur'an, Allah has
revealed:
Nothing occurs, either in the Earth or in yourselves, wit -
hout its being in a Book before We make it happen. That

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