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How Do They Aim to Demoralize Muslims?

crises, and thereby, cause unnecessary anxiety for the believers.
Another important attribute of these people is their cowardliness
and failure to put their trust in Allah. These people, who fail to com-
prehend the eminence of Allah's authority and His eternal might, also
have difficulty attaining a full grasp of the meaning of destiny. They
do not see the ultimate perfection in every instant of the divine plan
decreed by Allah. The fact is, however, everyone will encounter un-
foreseen events in the course of his life. He may be treated unjustly,
slandered or insulted… Faced with such a situation, a Muslim who
trusts in Allah does not forget that everything has been predeter-
mined, and for that reason feels no distress. Aware that this moment is
also part of his destiny, as every other moment of his life, he confronts
what happens to him with serenity. Furthermore, he may at times ex-
perience circumstances that would otherwise be hard to bear for one
who fails to put his trust in Allah; he may, for instance, all of a sudden
lose all his fortune, or a child, or have to quit his job or schooling, or he
might learn that one of his close friends is on his deathbed… Yet, a
Muslim never feels distressed in such cases. Aware that Allah encom-
passes him from all around, and at every moment, he trusts in Him
and relies on Him. In such and similar circumstances, he is submissive
and obedient to Allah unstintingly. Never forgetting that nothing hap-
pens to someone except for what Allah has decreed, he is pleased with
what has been predestined for him. In many verses of the Qur'an,
Allah informs us that everything a person experiences is recorded in a
book, and that nothing happens to him or her except what is recorded
in that book. One of these verses is the following:
… You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an
or do any action without Our witnessing you while you are
occupied with it. Not even the smallest speck eludes your
Lord, either on Earth or in heaven. Nor is there anything
smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book.
(Surah Yunus, 61)

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