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Harun Yahya

about just one positive aspect of what happened is enough to rescue
the person from this irreconcilable concern.
For example, considering that the outcome could have been not
injury but death is a reason to be grateful to Allah and a source of
calm and cheerfulness. Or the patient should take pleasure in think-
ing that injury is a means of feeling close to death and the Hereafter,
and that this brings him very close to Allah and increases his fear of
Allah. Perhaps because of this he will be rescued from pride and
vanity, and his submission will make Allah pleased with him. This
will bring him great blessings and benefits in the Hereafter. Thus a
person who believes with certainty in Allah and the Day of
Judgment can understand the benefits and blessings Allah has cre-
ated in any situation.
People who have only a superficial faith may often behave with
lack of submission. And because of this, in contrast with true believ-
ers, their lives may be filled with troubles and sorrows. If such peo-
ple submit to Allah in the way the faithful are instructed to do in the
verse, "[Believers are] those to whom people said, 'The people
have gathered against you, so fear them.' But that merely in-
creased their faith and they said, 'Allah is enough for us and the
Best of Guardians'" (Surah Al 'Imran: 173), the sorrows they suffer
will come to an end.

Ingratitude
In the Qur'an, Allah makes mention of a negative moral charac-
teristic commonly found within man: "... When We let a man taste
mercy from Us, he exults in it. But if something bad strikes him
for what he has done, he is ungrateful" (Surat ash-Shura: 48).
Certainly some people are ungrateful to Allah in spite of the count-
less blessings amongst which they live. Although they may never

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