Does fate oppress?
What we need to do is not to attempt at rebellion by thinking of the bounties that have not been given to us, but thanking by recalling those given. Flaws are for mans trial. If we liken the world to an examination hall, the situations that we dislike are the questions in the exam in order to see if man will rebel or return it with gratitude to the bounties, which are given, and if he is patient when he is deprived of.
Let us think of a well-off merchant. He wants to do goodness to two poor people out of his sheer mercy. He gives them a shirt and trousers but he gives one of them an additional jacket and a coat. Can the man who just receives a shirt and trousers say, I have been wronged by the merchant? He gave more to the other man?
We human beings resemble these two poor people. Allah (SWT) gives bounties from His inexhaustible treasure out of His endless mercy. It is Him Who creates our mind, imagination, the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the meal that we eat and so on so forth. We have not gained and deserved them by working. He has bestowed upon us out of His favor.
The world only consists of a transient test. If servants, like the first man who has been given little, claim that they have been wronged, they act improperly, and receive punishment. Their duty is to thank for what has been given.
Allah (SWT) is just in His all actions, He never does anything wrong. We need to take this point of view for calamities. Either calamities are the results of our mistakes or the questions asked us in the exam. If we answer this question with patience, we shall have our grade raised.
01-04-2006 11:00:00
Düğüme özel
- If it is in accordance with the wisdom of Allah Almighty that the innocent, like the wicked ones, are also exposed to some sorts of calamities, what are the shares that they receive from His justice and mercy?
- It is said that troubles are the reflections of the punishment of God. Is this the case for all the troubles?
- Are disasters such as earthquakes coincidental, or are they our fate?
- Do the disabled have any fault so they are created so?
- Why does Allah need our worship?













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