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SubhanAllah, I spent today reading this, particularly the emphasis on patience in a part of surah Baqarah, and on the same day events transpire in such a way that could not be imagined, all the out of ordinary happens and a calamity hit the family. As soon as night fell, an expecting aunt had a stroke and remains in coma with baby safe.. there is quite literally nothing to do but "seek help with patience and prayer"

"Those whose souls are not purged by submission to God, at whatever time or place they may live, sink into a stinking depth of worldly desires that are unbecoming of man. In such a condition, man sinks lower than animals, controlled as animals are by their desires."

God tests people in various ways and with varying degrees of difficulty and
rigour, but the effect is not the same. Ordeals and tribulations can only bring a
believer much closer to God and enhance his God-fearing sense and his submission
to Him, while they will shake and confound an unbeliever or a hypocrite. It is the
same with prosperity and good fortune. A believer will become more conscious of,
and thankful