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Reform Yourself Instead of

Confronting Others

The Quran tells us (4:79):

Whatever good befalls you, it is from God: and
whatever ill befalls you is from yourself.
Elsewhere, the Quran says (42:30):
Whatever misfortune befalls you is of your own
doing—God forgives much—[…]

rom this we learn that God has made this world in
Fsuch a way that every person/group must face the
consequences of his/its own actions. Whenever you
confront a problem, you should search for its cause,
not outside, but, rather, within yourself. This cause is
always internal, located inside you.
Two examples from the time of the Prophet of
Islam clearly illustrate this point. One is related to the
defeat Muslims faced in the Battle of Uhud, in the year
625 C.E. The other to the heavy losses that Muslims
incurred in the Battle of Hunayn, in the year 630 C.E.
The Quran refers to these battles, and in both cases it
places the entire responsibility for whatever happened

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