Quran Reflection -- Life Is A Series Of Tests

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Allah Most High says in Surah An'Am,

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ ﴿١٦٥﴾

And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful. (165) [Quran, An'Am 6:165]

Everyone of us has something that someone else is not given. Some have more wealth than others, some have more powers than others, some have more fame than others, some have more knowledge than others, some have better health than others, some have more talents or strengths than others, etc. Through this everyone of us are being tested. These tests are equal but the mechanisms of the test are different. Some are being tested with poverty, some with richness, some with fame, some by being healthy, some by being sick, etc. The exam is given to all. The potential to pass the test is the same but what we have to answer is not the same. Even the richest or the poorest person on earth need to go to somebody to do other things for them. Everyone is linked together.

We ask Allah to allow us to pass our exams with flying colors. We ask Allah to shower His mercy upon all of us, to forgive and pardon all our shortcomings, and to exalt our ranks and that He resurrects us with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam