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In
societies where people do not adhere to the values of
Islam, grief, sorrow, stress, trouble, anger and
distress become part of people's daily lives. The fact
is, however, that everything occurs under the control of
God. For people who believe in this fact, nothing is
actually evil. Everything turns into goodness for them.
Unbelievers, on the other hand, will understand the
meaningless of those events over which they feel grief
or rage when they meet death.
…It may be that you hate something when it is good for
you and it may be that you love something when it is bad
for you. God knows and you do not know. (Surat al-Baqara:
216).
The souls of those, who are unwilling to submit to the
Will of God and live by the principles of Islam, are
always pessimistic, rebellious and despondent; they see
what befalls them as the consequence of pure chance.
Throughout their lives, they suffer feelings of tension,
insecurity and restlessness. Unlike the believers, they
do not have the advantage of placing their trust in God
and knowing that everything proceeds as predestined by
God. They are unaware that, good or wicked, everything
occurs by the Will of God to put man to test in this
world, and that they can attain peace only when they act
as God commands. This way, they suffer the consequences
of their preferences and experience grief in every
situation they encounter in life, no matter whether
important or insignificant.
These people take their daily experiences too seriously
and elaborate upon mundane incidents, treating them as
if they were the most important events of the world.
Thus, when things do not proceed as they like or plan,
they simply display a negative attitude. Being dragged
down by pessimism, they immediately fall into
hopelessness and consider this as a misfortune befalling
them. Meanwhile, they feel frustrated and can find no
way out. If they encounter a seemingly unfavourable
event, they are plunged into despair, and, cry and even
lament. Given the fact that they have not surrendered
themselves to God, they cannot conceive that every
single incident occurs under His control.
Based on daily affairs, their moods are like a
roller-coaster. In this life, there are many small
details which make them uneasy. They spend their days,
and even their whole lives, in sorrow and lamenting.
This attitude of not putting their trust in God
manifests itself in everyday life under all
circumstances and indeed, throughout their lives.
For instance, a housewife's priorities in life are
limited to her family, home and housework. If she
encounters a problem which she fails to handle, she
never thinks this to be an incident occurring under the
control of God and that ultimately there must be some
good in it. She perceives a trivial incident as a
misfortune and nurses a grievance about it. This minor
event even makes her lament and causes her to sink into
a depressed mood. Yet, what troubles her so much is
probably nothing but a meal she forgot in the stove or
the failure of the vacuum cleaner. However, not
surrendering herself to God and living by the principles
of religion, she finds even the simplest problems
becoming a great source of sorrow for her.
The same mentality characterizes this housewife's
husband, the manager of a company who has some problems
in his business life. He thinks what distresses his wife
at home are all minor irritants. Yet, according to him,
his own matters are of vital importance. Failing to
grasp that everything proceeds under the control of God,
such a person lacks a positive attitude and
psychologically becomes troubled. The same applies to
children who live in an environment where religious
values are not honoured. In their world, confined within
school walls, the educational life, lasting 10 to 15
years, greatly obsesses them. They can hardly overcome
their despair at having had single poorly-done exam,
even after earning a respectable number of A's. They
feel worried most about friendship and popularity.
Pessimism, hopelessness, failing to find solutions and
complaining are largely a legacy of their parents and
people they are intimate with. This remains a permanent
mood for them.
Yet, the sole reason for this mood is their
non-adherence to the principles of religion. That they
do not know their Creator and do not put their trust in
God are other reasons for their desperate situation.
In societies where religious values are not cherished,
just as the above-mentioned people live in constant
pessimism and hopelessness, thinking that they have the
most important problems in the world, those who occupy
respectable positions in society likewise suffer the
same gloomy mood when encounters in life do not meet
their expectations.
However, man needs never sink into depression and
despondency provided that he puts the solutions provided
by the Qur'an into practice whenever he feels frustrated
and keeps in mind that there is definitely something
positive created by God in the most seemingly negative
situation.
Adherence to the morals of Islam eradicates all sorts of
pessimism and feelings of failure. One then considers
every issue minor or important, and whatever befalls
one, from a positive perspective. This stance brings
peace both to personal and social areas of life.
In adherence to the morals of Islam, nobody sees events
as mere results of chance or coincidences. Considering
that every incident takes place as predestined by God,
one seeks to comprehend the purposes of creation lying
behind the events and the messages God conveys to
mankind.
That is why, in a place where religious values prevail,
nobody says the words "if only". You never hear
statements like, "If I had not gone yesterday, this
would not have happened… If I had not entered this
school, I could have gone abroad to study… If you had
come earlier, you could have seen him… Why did we take
this route? There is traffic congestion here… If I had
not married you, I might have spent my youth… If I had
not worn this dress, I might not have ruined my night…
If I had not gone out, I would not have got sick… If I
had not traveled, I would not have had an accident…If
she went to another doctor, she would recover earlier…If
he had not got on that plane, he would be alive."
People spending their lives forgetting God and
disregarding religion frequently say "if only" and
ultimately say the same thing in the hereafter. Yet,
surely this regret will be in vain:
If only you could see when they are standing before the
Fire and saying:
"Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not
deny the Signs of our Lord and we would be among the
believers." (Surat al-An'am: 27)
Courtesy: Harun Yahya
Islamic Morals Teach Man to Put his Trust in God
In societies where people do not adhere to the values of
Islam, grief, sorrow, stress, trouble, anger and
distress become part of people's daily lives. The fact
is, however, that everything occurs under the control of
God. For people who believe in this fact, nothing is
actually evil. Everything turns into goodness for them.
Unbelievers, on the other hand, will understand the
meaningless of those events over which they feel grief
or rage when they meet death.
…It may be that you hate something when it is good for
you and it may be that you love something when it is bad
for you. God knows and you do not know. (Surat al-Baqara:
216).
The souls of those, who are unwilling to submit to the
Will of God and live by the principles of Islam, are
always pessimistic, rebellious and despondent; they see
what befalls them as the consequence of pure chance.
Throughout their lives, they suffer feelings of tension,
insecurity and restlessness. Unlike the believers, they
do not have the advantage of placing their trust in God
and knowing that everything proceeds as predestined by
God. They are unaware that, good or wicked, everything
occurs by the Will of God to put man to test in this
world, and that they can attain peace only when they act
as God commands. This way, they suffer the consequences
of their preferences and experience grief in every
situation they encounter in life, no matter whether
important or insignificant.
These people take their daily experiences too seriously
and elaborate upon mundane incidents, treating them as
if they were the most important events of the world.
Thus, when things do not proceed as they like or plan,
they simply display a negative attitude. Being dragged
down by pessimism, they immediately fall into
hopelessness and consider this as a misfortune befalling
them. Meanwhile, they feel frustrated and can find no
way out. If they encounter a seemingly unfavourable
event, they are plunged into despair, and, cry and even
lament. Given the fact that they have not surrendered
themselves to God, they cannot conceive that every
single incident occurs under His control.
Based on daily affairs, their moods are like a
roller-coaster. In this life, there are many small
details which make them uneasy. They spend their days,
and even their whole lives, in sorrow and lamenting.
This attitude of not putting their trust in God
manifests itself in everyday life under all
circumstances and indeed, throughout their lives.
For instance, a housewife's priorities in life are
limited to her family, home and housework. If she
encounters a problem which she fails to handle, she
never thinks this to be an incident occurring under the
control of God and that ultimately there must be some
good in it. She perceives a trivial incident as a
misfortune and nurses a grievance about it. This minor
event even makes her lament and causes her to sink into
a depressed mood. Yet, what troubles her so much is
probably nothing but a meal she forgot in the stove or
the failure of the vacuum cleaner. However, not
surrendering herself to God and living by the principles
of religion, she finds even the simplest problems
becoming a great source of sorrow for her.
The same mentality characterizes this housewife's
husband, the manager of a company who has some problems
in his business life. He thinks what distresses his wife
at home are all minor irritants. Yet, according to him,
his own matters are of vital importance. Failing to
grasp that everything proceeds under the control of God,
such a person lacks a positive attitude and
psychologically becomes troubled. The same applies to
children who live in an environment where religious
values are not honoured. In their world, confined within
school walls, the educational life, lasting 10 to 15
years, greatly obsesses them. They can hardly overcome
their despair at having had single poorly-done exam,
even after earning a respectable number of A's. They
feel worried most about friendship and popularity.
Pessimism, hopelessness, failing to find solutions and
complaining are largely a legacy of their parents and
people they are intimate with. This remains a permanent
mood for them.
Yet, the sole reason for this mood is their
non-adherence to the principles of religion. That they
do not know their Creator and do not put their trust in
God are other reasons for their desperate situation.
In societies where religious values are not cherished,
just as the above-mentioned people live in constant
pessimism and hopelessness, thinking that they have the
most important problems in the world, those who occupy
respectable positions in society likewise suffer the
same gloomy mood when encounters in life do not meet
their expectations.
However, man needs never sink into depression and
despondency provided that he puts the solutions provided
by the Qur'an into practice whenever he feels frustrated
and keeps in mind that there is definitely something
positive created by God in the most seemingly negative
situation.
Adherence to the morals of Islam eradicates all sorts of
pessimism and feelings of failure. One then considers
every issue minor or important, and whatever befalls
one, from a positive perspective. This stance brings
peace both to personal and social areas of life.
In adherence to the morals of Islam, nobody sees events
as mere results of chance or coincidences. Considering
that every incident takes place as predestined by God,
one seeks to comprehend the purposes of creation lying
behind the events and the messages God conveys to
mankind.
That is why, in a place where religious values prevail,
nobody says the words "if only". You never hear
statements like, "If I had not gone yesterday, this
would not have happened… If I had not entered this
school, I could have gone abroad to study… If you had
come earlier, you could have seen him… Why did we take
this route? There is traffic congestion here… If I had
not married you, I might have spent my youth… If I had
not worn this dress, I might not have ruined my night…
If I had not gone out, I would not have got sick… If I
had not traveled, I would not have had an accident…If
she went to another doctor, she would recover earlier…If
he had not got on that plane, he would be alive."
People spending their lives forgetting God and
disregarding religion frequently say "if only" and
ultimately say the same thing in the hereafter. Yet,
surely this regret will be in vain:
If only you could see when they are standing before the
Fire and saying:
"Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not
deny the Signs of our Lord and we would be among the
believers." (Surat al-An'am: 27)
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