{"id":9548,"date":"2017-12-20T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T09:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=9548"},"modified":"2021-07-16T12:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:18:19","slug":"why-does-allah-trial-the-believers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/spirituality\/why-does-allah-trial-the-believers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Allah trial the believers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"flex-item\" height=\"600\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"700\" data-media-id=\"sFin3whE\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does God test the believers?<\/span><\/h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How often are we hit by a calamity or tribulation in life and then immediately ponder over whether it is a punishment from Allah or not?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this segment, Mufti Zeeyad Ravat discusses how trials aren&#8217;t always a punishment.<\/span>\n\nIt is important to remember that this life is temporary, compared to the eternal afterlife. This means that we will be tested. As Allah says in the Quran:\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u0623\u064e\u062d\u064e\u0633\u0650\u0628\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0633\u064f \u0623\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064f\u062a\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0622\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0641\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e\n<\/span><em>&#8220;Do the people think that they will be left to say, &#8220;We believe&#8221; and they will not be tried?&#8221;\n<\/em><em>Quran 29:2<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064f\u0648\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645 \u0628\u0650\u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0621\u064d \u0645\u0651\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062e\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0641\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u062c\u064f\u0648\u0639\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0635\u064d \u0645\u0651\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0627\u062a\u0650 \u06d7 \u0648\u064e\u0628\u064e\u0634\u0651\u0650\u0631\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e\n<\/span><em>&#8220;And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient.&#8221;\n<\/em><em>Quran 2:155<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064f\u0648\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062d\u064e\u062a\u0651\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0646\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0647\u0650\u062f\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064f\u0648\u064e \u0623\u064e\u062e\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0631\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652\n<\/span><em>&#8220;And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allah] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.&#8221;\n<\/em><em>Quran 47:31<\/em><\/p>\nAllah tells us in the Quran that we will tested. Having faith means that God will test us to see how we will react to the trial, either by turning to Allah through patience and gratitude, or turning away and being ungrateful. In fact, it is in the moment of hardship that we show Allah how much our faith means to us.\n\nIt is also during trials that Allah purifies us. The Prophet (\ufdfa) said\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0635\u0650\u064a\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0633\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0646\u064e\u0635\u064e\u0628\u064d \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0635\u064e\u0628\u064d \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0645\u0651\u064d \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u062d\u064f\u0632\u0652\u0646\u064d \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0630\u064b\u0649 \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0627\u064e \u063a\u064e\u0645\u0651\u064d \u062d\u064e\u062a\u0651\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0643\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u064a\u064f\u0634\u064e\u0627\u0643\u064f\u0647\u064e\u0627\u060c \u0625\u0650\u0644\u0627\u0651\u064e \u0643\u064e\u0641\u0651\u064e\u0631\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0628\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u062e\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0627\u064a\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064f<\/span>\n<\/span><em>&#8220;No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that.&#8221;\n<\/em><em>(Al-Bukhari)<\/em><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mufti Zeeyad Ravat breaks down the concept of tribulations in Islam and gives us guidelines to decipher whether such tribulations are punishments from Allah or if they are rather tests designed to elevate your status.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, he breaks down the concept into two scenarios:<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the calamity sees you only grow in distance from Allah, then it is indeed a punishment.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the calamity sees you only move closer towards Allah, then it is a test designed to elevate your status.\u00a0<\/span>As Allah states in the Quran:\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0642\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645 \u0645\u0651\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u062f\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u062f\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0643\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0631\u0650 \u0644\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062c\u0650\u0639\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e\n<\/span><i>\u201cAnd we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.\u201d\n<\/i><i>Quran 32:21<\/i><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also indeed instances whereby an apparent good would befall us, yet if it only distances you from Allah, then that too would be considered a punishment.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does God test the believers? 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