Page 107 - The Nightmare of Disbelief

natural phenomena. They start to bear the consequences of
their preference for disbelief in this world, with even worse to
come in the hereafter.
Believers, however, remain robust, since they stay psy-
chologically healthy and are not dragged down by feelings of
sorrow, stress or hopelessness. Putting their trust in Allah, see-
ing goodness in every incident and the promises and glad tid-
ings of Allah, all have a positive impact on their physical
health. This situation applies to people who have a thorough

appreciation of Allah and who are conscientious in the real
sense.
Of course, believers also become sick and grow old, yet
these states do not have psychological causes as they do in the
case of unbelievers: disease, death and growing old are in-
evitable for all mankind. Yet the rapid, intense and destructive
nature of these processes bears a direct relation to the negative
psychology and attitude a person assumes as a result of the dis-
believing way of living he adheres to. A person spending his
entire life in a peaceful state of mind, placing his trust in Allah
and seeing goodness in every incident will naturally be happy
and peaceful and thus prevent the detriment that troubles 105
could otherwise bring to his health.
A society where people do not adhere to religious values
is doomed to remain bereft of the peace and comfort religion

provides and will encounter the consequent psychological and
the physical damage. Society abounds in such examples.
However, it also needs to be made clear here that one does
not have faith in order to avoid physical harm or not experi-
ence psychological troubles. The manifest proofs of the exis-
tence of Allah are the main reason why rational people of good
conscience come to believe. The believer is sincerely devoted to
Allah and lives by the moral values He commands because he

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