1. To DIRECT you. Sometimes Allaah must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is Allaah trying to get your attention?
"Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways."
2. To CORRECT you. Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It's likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove.... But you probably learned by being burned.
Sometimes we only learn the value of something... health, money, a relationship. .. by losing it. "It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws."
3. To PROTECT you. A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Someone was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do.
His unemployment was a problem - but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management's actions were eventually discovered. "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good...
4. To INSPECT you. People are like tea bags...if you want to know what's inside them, just drop them into hot ever water! Has Allaah tested your faith with a problem What do problems reveal about you?
"When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience."
5. To PERFECT you. Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. Allaah is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to Allaah and your character are the only two things you're going to take with you into eternity.
"We can rejoice when we run into problems...they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust Allaah more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady."
The people were not tested in this Dunya will wish their skins were cut up when they see the rewards for those who were tested.
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