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

Everything Has Been Created

for a Good Purpose

Everyone suffers hardship and anxiety. Most people
who live apart from the Qur’an’s moral teachings go through

difficult times feeling discontented, sad, and anxious. They
think they can pass through this earthly life without being
tested, and do not believe in Allah or in the destiny that He
created for them. Therefore, they regard whatever happens to
them as having no meaning and suffer even deeper pain.
Allah states in the Qur’an that He will test Muslims and dis-
tinguish between those who are good and those who are not:

Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the
Garden without Allah knowing those among you who
had struggled and knowing the steadfast? (Surah Al
‘Imran, 142)

Allah will only leave the believers in the position you
now are in so that He can sift out the rotten from the good.
Allah has not given you access to the Unseen. But Allah
chooses those of His Messengers whom He wills. So be-
lieve in Allah and His Messengers. If you believe and
guard against evil, you will have an immense reward.
(Surah Al ‘Imran, 179)

In this regard, the Qur’an gives us the example of some-
thing that happened during our Prophet’s (may Allah bless
him and grant him peace) lifetime:
What assailed you on the day the two armies met was by

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