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Islamic Morals Teach Man to Put his Trust in God

by Harun Yahya

   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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