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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

following about Zachariah (pbuh):
We responded to him and rescued him from his grief.
That is how We rescue the believers. And Zachariah,
when he called out to his Lord: “My Lord, do not leave me
on my own, although You are the Best of Inheritors.” We
responded to him and gave him John, restoring for him
his wife’s fertility. They outdid one another in good ac-
tions, calling out to Us in yearning and in awe, and hum-
bling themselves to Us. (Surat al-Anbiya, 88-90)

When people come face-to-face with an unexpected dis-
aster, suffer from a terrible disease, enter great trial or, in
short, feel helpless, the first thought that comes to their mind
is to turn to Allah. There is only one reason for this: They are

certainly aware that only Allah can really help them…they
are aware that even if they do their best, all their options for
survival have run out. At such times, they are completely sin-
cere. But when the difficulty passes, many of them return to
their former ways. They may convince themselves that they
are not helpless and not in need of Allah’s assistance or they
may live as if they were unaware that they will die one day.
However, if they encounter another disaster or difficulty,
they turn to Allah again. Their unrepentant and ungrateful

attitude returns when their troubles end, for the apparent
normality of their condition helps them forget their former
helplessness. But Allah Who is the Most Just will surely pay
them for their ungratefulness. A related verse Allah reveals
is as follows:

Say: “What has My Lord to do with you if you do not call

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