Trials and Patience

Bismillah

Allah will test the believers by various means.

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ‎﴿١٥٥﴾‏

We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, (155) (Quran, Al Baqarah 2:155)

Even, the wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, Aisha radhiyallahu anha, had to go through trials as difficult and painful as the slander against her, so her rank is raised up. 

The more Allah loves someone, the more he/she is tested. 

Aisha r.a. was patient and she was truthful in turning to Allah. Allah revealed her innocence in the Quran in Surah An-Noor. This established the high status of Aisha r.a. 

The fruits of patience will always be sweet. Fasabrun jameel (beautiful patience) as Prophet Ya'qub a.s uttered when he lost his beloved son, Yusuf a.s, and years later his family reunited in Egypt with Yusuf a.s. being a powerful minister of Egypt.

If you are patient and you turn to Allah, you will always be vindicated. Allah will help you even if no one will help you, even if your mother or your father don't know what to do to help you. If you are truthful to Allah, Allah will be truthful to you.

Every musibah (calamity) that happen to us, there is some good in it whether we realize it or whether we don't realize it. 

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَّكُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ...

Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather it is good for you....

(Quran, An-Noor 24:11)

Everyone goes through trials up and down. Every time of ease is followed by times of difficulty. Every time of difficulty is followed by times of ease. Turn to Allah truthfully and maintain your connection with Him in worship.

‏ فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ‎﴿٥﴾‏ إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ‎﴿٦﴾‏ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ‎﴿٧﴾‏ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ‎﴿٨﴾

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. (5) Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. (6) So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship]. (7) And to your Lord direct [your] longing. (8) (Quran, 95:5-8)

Allah knows best.

May Allah grant us patience and save us from the trials and tribulations of this life and the next. Aameen.

Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala aali Muhammad.