Page 31 - Seeing Good in All

FOR BELIEVERS, THERE IS

GOOD IN ALL THINGS

Everyone experiences difficult times in his or her life.
These difficulties frustrate, distress or irritate the majority of
people who are far removed from the morality prescribed in
the Qur'an. Therefore, they easily become anxious, tense and
irritable. Not having faith in the perfection inherent in the
destiny ordained by God, they do not seek the blessings, or
the good in that which they experience. In fact, because they
are without faith, every moment they spend only turns out to
seem against them. In this manner, encumbered by trouble
and distress, they proceed with the rest of their lives.
Believers, however, know that difficulties are brought
about by God to test man. They are aware that these
difficulties serve to distinguish the true believers from "those
having a disease in their hearts", those who are not sincere in
their beliefs. That is because, in the Qur'an, God makes it
plain that He will test believers to reveal who it is that are
truthful: