"ALLAH tells us in a very profound verse:
»Verily, with every hardship comes ease.« — Qur'an 94:5
Growing up I think I understood this verse wrongly. I used to think it meant: after hardship comes ease. In other words I thought life was made up of good times and bad times. After the bad times, comes the good times. But that is not what the verse is saying. The verse is saying with every hardship comes ease. The ease is at the same time as the hardship. This means that nothing in this life is ever all bad (or all good). In every bad situation we're in, there is always something to be grateful for. With hardship, ALLAH also gives us the strength and patience to bear it."
— Yasmin Mogahed