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SEEING GOOD IN ALL

Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the
Garden without God knowing those among you who
had struggled and knowing the steadfast? (Surah Al
'Imran: 142)
God would not leave the believers in that [state] you are
in [presently] until He separates the evil from the
good... (Surah Al 'Imran: 179)

In further regard to this issue, God provides the following
example, which took place during the time of the Prophet
Muhammad (saas):
What assailed you on the day the two armies met was by
God's permission, so that He would know the [true]
believers, and so that He would know the hypocrites...
(Surah Al 'Imran: 166-167)
The verse above is self-explanatory. In the time of the
Prophet (saas), Muslims faced hardships, and suffered trying
conditions. Yet, as the above verse also indicates, what the
Muslims endured was by God's Will, and served to reveal
those who were the hypocrites, who tried to cause harm to
believers. That is, everything ultimately turned out in favour
of the believers.
Muslims, who aware of the lessons stated in these verses,
consider an incident that seems to be evil, or a moment of
difficulty, as an opportunity by which their sincerity, loyalty
to their Lord, and faith, is put to the test. Never do they forget
that difficulties or blessings are to test them. On the contrary,
for their nobleness and submission to Him, God changes
what seems evil to the advantage of His true servants.
In the following pages, we will talk about difficulties
believers are likely to encounter and of the trials peculiar to