Page 35 - Love of Allah

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Fortitude in the Face of Hardship is One of

the Finest Manifestations of Love of Allah

Allah is the Lord and Creator of all things. Allah loves and pro-
tects His servants, and may from time to time create different envi-
ronments for them. He may sometimes cause them to live in wealth,
abundance and prosperity, and at other times may test them with
shortages, troubles, sickness and various difficulties. The stories of
the prophets narrated in the Qur'an show that Allah put the
prophets, His most beloved servants, through various tests.
Throughout their lives, the Prophets Job (as), Joseph (as), Moses (as),
Abraham (as), Muhammad (saas) and all the others both struggled
against the traps set by the unbelievers and against the pagans and
hypocrites among their own peoples, and were also tested by vari-
ous hardships such as sickness, poverty and exile. At everything that
befell them, the prophets would say, "Allah is enough for us and the
Best of Guardians," and they represent the finest examples of the for-
titude to be shown in times of difficulty. Every hardship and diffi-
culty they experienced increased their love of and devotion to Allah
many times over, and deepened their faith. They experienced the joy
and happiness of encountering an environment specially created by
Allah with which to test them.
True believers who follow in the path of the prophets and adopt
their lives and moral virtues as role models will also encounter sim-
ilar difficulties and tests. Believers confronted by such events must
first display a sincere joy, enthusiasm and excitement in the face of
them. They must feel a great joy in the knowledge that Allah has cre-
ated this special situation in order for them to see their love of and
closeness to Allah, the depth of their faith and submission, and to
witness their own belief. This opportunity that arises in order for
them to show their devotion to Allah must produce a great joy in
them, with which they must behave in the finest manner.

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