Page 97 - In The Name Of Allah, The All-Merciful And Most Merciful

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

reacts with gratitude when the illness is past, his illness will
have been a great blessing for him and the means by which he
will lead a blameless life. Illness, therefore, is a great mercy
and a gift given by Allah, designed to lead people toward see-
ing the possibility of good in everything, to make them think
on a much deeper level than they are used to, and to take re-
sort in Allah in every situation. In the Qur’an, Allah tells us
that there are people who resort to Him in times of such dif-

ficulty. In Surah Yunus, it is revealed as follows:
When harm touches a person, he [or she] calls on Us, ly-
ing on his [or her] side, sitting down, or standing up.
Then when We remove the harm, he [or she] carries on as
if he [or she] had never called on Us when the harm first
touched him [or her]. In that way, We make what they
have done appear good to the profligate. (Surah Yunus,

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We learn from this verse that it is not enough for people
to pray in times of hardship. Just as they pray when they un-
derstand their own weakness in relation to Allah, they must
also pray and take refuge in Him when they receive a bless-
ing from Him. Perhaps this illness and anxiety may be the
means by which they finally understand their weakness, re-

pent, and begin a new life of complete submission to Him. In
this case, our All-Merciful Lord’s mercy will use this test as
the door to the Afterlife’s eternal blessings. In the Qur’an,
Allah gives the example of the afflictions of Job (pbuh). Job
(pbuh) was a patient believer who always turned to Allah,
and as a manifestation of His mercy, Allah was pleased to

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