Page 31 - The Solution To Secret Sorrows

Harun Yahya

and the Earth belong to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise"
(Surat al-Fath: 4), in return for the submission which they display,
Allah calms the hearts of the faithful and gives them feelings of tran-
quility and security.
The Qur'an tells us how believers, who know that Allah will
transform all events that appear on the surface to be good or bad
into something auspicious for His sincere servants, express their
submission to Him:
"And why indeed shouldn't we put our trust in Allah when
He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast how-
ever much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in
Allah." (Surah Ibrahim: 12)
A person who trusts in Allah and relies upon Him suffers no
pain or grief. This is Allah's promise to His devoted followers. In the
Qur'an, we are told this:
Those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," and then go straight
will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Ahqaf:
13)
As we can see, if Allah wills, submitting to Him makes every-
thing easier. In the absence of submission, every detail of one's life
turns into an additional difficulty, trouble and sorrow. Every task be-
comes more complicated, even insoluble. The most ordinary and
basic occurrences, and those that are easiest to resolve, grow to prob-
lematic proportions in the eyes of those who are not submissive.
Even when they claim they believe in Allah, such people may forget
how destiny is woven in a wonderful pattern or become trapped in
the idea that events occur independently of Him. (Surely Allah is be-
yond that!) Because of this, they cannot look positively at events that
happen to them and see the goodness in events. They live in contin-
ual fear and concern. They experience tension brought about by

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