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events occurring in the flow of daily life.
For example, when such a person has an accident or
catches a disease, it does not occur to him that it might be a
special condition given to him to make him turn towards
Allah. Yet, in the Qur'an, Allah mentions the hardships in-
flicted on people in order to make them think:
Do they not see that they are tried once or twice
every year? But still they do not turn back. They do
not pay heed. (Surat at-Tawba: 126)

Ignoring such reminders are disadvantageous only to
the person himself. Furthermore, this would be only one of
the innumerable losses incurred because of failure to reflect.
One who does not think cannot recognise the beauty that
surrounds him. He cannot take pleasure in the subtleties of
Allah's creation. He cannot grasp the proofs of the existence
of Allah, the Creator of everything, and His exaltedness.
This is the loss of a significant gift for man because he who
cannot grasp that Allah is the Creator of everything of
beauty in the world has only little faith, if any, in the
Hereafter. Since he assumes that everything in this world
will vanish with death, it is not possible for him to experi-
ence a genuine enjoyment of these temporary things either.
On the contrary, he sees these pleasures merely as things
that he will ultimately lose some day. This leads to feelings
of distress and anxiety, instead of enjoying the gifts that
Allah has bestowed on him.

68. What are the advantages of reflecting on
created things?

Unlike people who refrain from thinking, one who

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