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For Believers, There is Good in All Things

From the point of the Qur'an, however, such situations
must be regarded totally otherwise. A believer does not base
his judgments about people on the mistakes they make;
aware of the fact that human beings are fallible, he rather
feels compassion and mercy for them.
When a believer himself makes a mistake, he thinks
conscientiously about it and examines his faults; his fear of
God and conscience alert him immediately. He strives to
correct his mistakes. He prays to God, the Merciful, and asks
for repentance.
In fact, the regret a believer feels after making a mistake,
only turns out to be a good for him in the end. That is because
his is not the type of a self-pitying regret felt by unbelievers
but a resolution not to repeat the same mistake again. The
submission evinced by a believer, his trust in God, and acting
with the consciousness that all events are part of his destiny,
are all important factors for the thought of the believer. They
draw him nearer to his Lord.

"Every Self Will Taste Death..."

According to the ignorant, the worst thing that can happen to
a person is death. That which is most feared among them is nearing
death or losing a loved one. Even the mere mention of death is a
topic to be avoided. Although an ignorant person may recognize the
good in certain occurrences, for him, death can never be a good
thing.
The outlook of disbelieving societies on death is consistently the
same; they are never able to look at it differently. Death is complete
annihilation, while the hereafter is a matter of mere speculation.
For people far from the truth of the religion, the life of this