Page 35 - The Solution To Secret Sorrows

Harun Yahya

pointment. In fact, this is one of Allah's tests—an important learning
opportunity for people to understand the true value of whatever
they have.
People should take advantage of the opportunities that Allah
provides them and try to earn Allah's approval with a grateful ap-
proach. We are told in the Qur'an that people who are ungrateful to
Allah while in the midst of His blessings may suffer the loss of those
same blessings as a result. The verse which tells us this truth is:
Allah makes an example of a city which was safe and at
peace, its provision coming to it plentifully from every
side. Then it showed ingratitude for Allah's blessings, so
Allah made it wear the robes of hunger and fear for what it
did. (Surat an-Nahl: 112)
If people like those described in the verse show gratitude in-
stead of ingratitude, Allah will increase their blessings. People who
believe live with the tranquility and happiness this morality brings.
Because they look at everything with the eyes of faith and wisdom,
they immediately notice the blessings and the fine and beautiful
things around them. Because they are not ambitious for worldly ad-
vantages, they know how to be satisfied with what they have. They
maintain this morality even under the most difficult conditions and
in the most troubling circumstances. Rather than seeing anything
bad in an event and letting it make them unhappy, they know how
to see that event's good aspects. In return for this superior morality,
Allah rewards His sincere followers by increasing their blessings
still further, as we are told in the verse:
... your Lord announced: "If you are grateful, I will certainly
give you increase, but if you are ungrateful, My punish-
ment is severe." (Surah Ibrahim: 7)

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