Page 11 - Seeing Good in All

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Introduction

certain that the end-result for you will be good.
That is because, at death, man is faced with two choices;
if one has lived by the values proclaimed by God, he will
attain eternal salvation. Otherwise, he will suffer everlasting

torment. The morality God demands be adopted by His
servants is a feeling of gratitude towards Him, in every
instance, no matter what the conditions and circumstances
may be, and having faith that ultimately there is good in
whatever befalls us, by being aware that everything is from
God.
To become accepting of everything that befalls us, having
faith that there is good in each and every case, however
seemingly adverse, and being instead thankful for every
instance, is by no means an unattainable ideal. Rather, it is a
truth, recognizable through a grasp of God's greatness and
exaltedness. One needs only to know his Lord, the Creator of
this world and every circumstance in his life, and to be
grateful towards Him for that very reason.
From the moment a person opens his eyes to the world, it
is God Who ordains every event that takes place in his life.

God is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise and the All-Just. All is
created by God in compliance with a plan, and for a divine
purpose just as He says in a verse of the Qur'an, "Indeed, all
things We created with predestination." (Surat al-Qamar:
49) In light of God's infinite might and superiority, man is
merely a feeble being. Without God's blessings he cannot
survive. Through his ability to understand and reason, man
can grasp realities only to the extent that his Creator allows
him. This being the case, submission to God's infinite
wisdom and the divine purpose He had ordained in all