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For Believers, There is Good in All Things

Do not let their wealth and children impress you. God
merely wants to punish them by them during their life
in this world and for them to expire while they are

disbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba: 55)

Divine Wisdom Behind Diseases
People who live in the societies of ignorance continually

make plans for the future and hope these plans proceed as
they desire. This being the case, an unexpected disease or
some accident throws their life into complete disarray, since
such incidents were not incorporated into their future plans.
While they are enjoying good health, many of them never
think that such incidents—even though it happens to
thousands of others every day—could happen to them.
That is why, when confronted with such unexpected
incidents, the ignorant people immediately become insolent
towards their Creator. They contradict the fact of destiny and
say, "Why has this happened to me?" for people who are far
from possessing the morality commanded in the Qur'an,
tend not to put their trust in God at times of sickness or

accident, or to seek the good in what befalls them.
Such people, who do not grasp the reality of destiny,
assume that it is merely the viruses or microbes that cause a
sickness. Similarly, when they are involved in a traffic
accident, they assume it is the driver of the other car that
caused the accident. However, the truth is otherwise. Each
disease-producing agent, such as a microbe or bacteria, or
anything that causes harm to man, are, in actuality, creatures
created by God as a cause. None of them are "haphazard"