 أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبهي نستعين وصل اللهم على سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعالها الطيبين الطاهرين اللهم سبحانه وتعالى سيطس in the holy Quran Chapter 2 verse 155 and verse 156 ولا نبلونكم بشيء من الخوف والجوء ونقسم من الأموال وصوف ثمارات وبشر الصابرين الذين إذا أصابتهم مسبه قالوا إنه لله وإنه إليه راجعون راجعون من المشاهدين المشاهدين من المجمع المشاهد ولم يستبعون ومجمعون ومجمعون من المجمع أو من المجمع إذا شخص أموال خطوة من الحين ونرى أنهم تأملون أداء المجمع وخطوة في society كذلك يكون يوم من ويوم شخص بجانب وارجع صورة but unfortunately we see the quality of how many patients it is that which is often very difficult for one to attain but we see that within the holy ويجدنا المساعدة في حيث أن نملك يوجد كثيرا من المشاهدين التي نملك في حياتنا ويبقى تبقى المشاهدة في متى أن تفعلها، كل شخص منها كل حياتي، حيث أنه ما أنت منه، ما الذي تكلم في الموظف، ما المتحدة يوجده، يملك في مطابع ويشاهدة كثيرا من المساعدة، أيضا من المساعدات، أيضا من المساعدة was the first that is the greatestlung was given different types of it differentֳ sometimes we get multiple parameter sometimes we get it and we have to study hard and eventually perform very well in that excelation that we are engaging in but we see that لن نرى أن الله سبحانه وتعالى يقوم بكتب هذا العالم و هذا العالم كما نعرف جميعاً هو تست for us هو تست for the believer هو تست for humanity ولكن مجموعةًاً من المرسي ومن المساعدة ومن المساعدة من الله سبحانه وتعالى هو يجب أن يجدنا مؤسسة ومؤسسات التي سنكون نتجاهها لن نأخذ قرارة verse 155 of صورة البقرة ونرى ما يقوم بكتب الله سبحانه وتعالى عن نفسنا وإنه يقوم بإضافه ونرى verse 155 الله سبحانه وتعالى ونبلوانكم بشيء من الخوف والجوء ونقسم من الأموال والأنفس والثمرات وبشر سابرين ونحن نحاولك ونحاولك من تقوم بكتبك من تقوم بكتب The first test that الله سبحانه وتعالى يقدم to the human being in the test of fear How many people today they live a life of fear They live a life where they don't know لن أعرف ما سيحدث لهم أو أبناءهم في tomorrow. يجب أن يساعد كل يوم مع هذا التحدي with this particular obstacle. وَلَنَ أَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْئِمْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ ولكن عندما تعرف أن هذا التعامل من الله سبحانه وتعالى يجب أن تفهم أن يكون هناك مقاومة لتأكد منه. وَلَنَ أَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْئِمْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ نمبر 2 والجُور و الله سبحانه وتعالى تستخدمنا أفضلًا by hunger. وَلَوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْئِمْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ نمبر 1 فِير نمبر 2 والجُور نمبر 3 ونقسم من الأموال And the struggle of poverty. How difficult is it to attain a halal livelihood these days? How difficult is it to attain enough financial resources to rent an apartment or to purchase a home or to live a life very comfortably? It's extremely difficult. It's extremely difficult. But Allah سبحانه وتعالى يدفعنا أن نفهم و أن نعرف that we have to realize that these are all tests again to reach our potential and to get closer toward Him. وَنقسم من الأموال و الأنفص الله سبحانه وتعالى often also tests us by our own selves. We see that individuals, they have terminal illnesses. They're extremely sick that these type of diseases, these type of illnesses are also a means for us to realize that we need to limit ourselves in terms of realizing who we are and recognizing that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the all-powerful meaning that these are all means to humble ourselves in front of Him so we re-begin to revive this revitalization in terms of connection to His authority Allah سبحانه وتعالى ونقسم من الأموال والأنفص والطمرات And also Allah سبحانه وتعالى tests us by our fruits Some of the Mufassarine, they state that when Allah سبحانه وتعالى states that He's testing us by means of our fruit meaning that oftentimes He tests us for instance if someone owns a farm and by the means of their crops But another group of Mufassarine state that if we take a look at the style of this particular verse of the Holy Qur'an that Allah سبحانه وتعالى creates a trial and a tribulation for us not by means of our physical food but by means for instance of our children, by means of our progeny إنما الله سبحانه وتعالى says another verse of the Holy Qur'an إنما أموالكم و أولادكم فتنة That surely your wealth and your children are a trial for you Sometimes a lot of wealth is a trial for an individual Sometimes little wealth is a trial for a particular person depending on how that individual reacts to his bank account and how much money he makes whether he's giving it in charity whether he's spending it in the halal way whether he's remaining patient if he doesn't have enough so on and so forth These are all means by which Allah سبحانه وتعالى can test us إنما أموالكم و أولادكم And also your children depending on if you have the ability to have children Some people their exam is the fact that they're unable to have children For others it's the fact that they're children for instance or disobedient and they have to remain patient and try to guide them toward the right way We go ahead and we see that Allah سبحانه وتعالى tries every single individual but realizing their abilities and potentials لا يكلف الله و نفسا إلا وسعها Allah سبحانه وتعالى does not place a burden on a particular community on a particular person that they cannot bear Thus Allah سبحانه وتعالى often gives us different types of obstacles within our life because he knows that we can bear those obstacles He does not give us something that we are going to drive ourselves toward committing suicide for instance Rather that the human being they go through these different trials and they go through these different tribulations in order to perfect their hearts and to perfect their souls and because Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows that we are able to bear those different trials and tribulations Allah سبحانه وتعالى continues in the next verse verse 156 اللذينا إذا أصابتهم مصيبتون قالوا إِنَّا لَلَّا وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ He states that those individuals often times there are a group of people for instance or we can take a look at it as there are probably two or three different types of people The first group of people are those who whenever they are in the midst of a trial and tribulation they begin to fall into despair and we see that despairing in the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the second greatest sin after performing shirk of Allah سبحانه وتعالى being a polytheist according to the narrations of Bihar al-Bait that falling into despair not realizing and recognizing the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى the fact that he's always offering us an avenue out وما يتقلها يجأ له مخرجة those who submit to Allah سبحانه وتعالى he will always offer them a way out there's just one group of people people who fall into a state of despair whenever they're going through any of these trials whenever they're dealing with a problem of fear or of poverty or difficulty with their children difficulty in their marriage whatever the situation may be we see that Allah سبحانه وتعالى says that there are one group of people they completely fall into the state of despair they become depressed they lose all hope in the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but then in this verse Allah سبحانه وتعالى there's another group of people اللذينا إذا أصابتهم مصيبة قالوا إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون there's a second group of people who whenever they're going through a particular challenge in their life they stay إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون surely to Allah we belong and to him is our return realizing that this entire dunya this entire world this is all a test this is all a test and we know that whatever Allah gives us it's from him and it's for our betterment and for our spiritual development and progression the verse continue the context of the verses continue with verse number 157 أولائك عليهم سلواتون من ربهم ورحمة وأولائك هم المحتدون and those individuals who remain patient in the midst of all of these tribulations وبشر الصابرين and give the good news to the patient ones when they're going through a difficulty الله سبحانه وتعالى states that for those people who state إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون recognizing that all of these problems all of these difficulties all of these obstacles are from Allah سبحانه وتعالى then know that they will receive the blessings from their Lord and the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and surely وأولائك هم المحتدون and surely they will become amongst the guided ones my dear brothers and sisters every one of us go through different types of difficulties in our lives we all go through different types of trials and tribulations and when we take a look we see that there are a number of different trials and tribulations that the human being oftentimes goes through the first type of difficulty the first type of obstacle that we go through is what is known as a means to wake us up from our slumber the human being is often in a state of what is known as زغفلة forgetfulness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى oftentimes we see in our lives we live weeks or months or maybe years of our life without any sort of focus without praying, without fasting without caring about our religion you know maybe we attend the Majlis in محرمان أشورة but the day after at أشورة we continue along with our lives during the month of Ramadan maybe we go to the mosque for إفتار we fast during the holy month but the day of إذ الفتر we go back to our old ways and we don't see any progression we don't see any development in our lives we see that oftentimes Allah سبحانه وتعالى for us these types of people He gives us a certain trial and tribulation to wake us up from our sleep for instance the death of a family member the fact that we have been diagnosed with a terminal illness for instance loss of a job all of a sudden we see that oftentimes when we're going through these type of difficulties the human being decides to turn himself back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى reflecting and recalling that wait a minute for 30 years of my life for 20 years of my life for 40 years of my life I have been a disobedient slave to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and perhaps the reason why He is giving me this difficulty perhaps the reason why He has presented this particular trial or tribulation in front of me today is because He wants me to turn back to Him in the same way that for instance that you know our schoolteachers our professors you know a coach of a sports team puts us through a book puts us through a intense you know effort in terms of work in terms of study in terms of whatever it may be in order to shake us up a little bit in order for us to turn our direction back toward Him Allah سبحانه وتعالى sometimes He presents toward us different types of obstacles so that we turn our attention back toward Him this is a first type of trial that we have to go through a second type of trial and tribulation oftentimes that we go through is the fact that Allah سبحانه وتعالى wants to put us through a particular obstacle in terms of what is known as فتنة we mentioned that verse of the whole of Quran in which Allah سبحانه وتعالى states إنما أموالكم وأولادكم فتنة that surely your wealth and your children are a fitna are a trial for you we see that in the Arabic language the term فتنة is a word that is used to explain the process of the purification of gold meaning what? that perhaps Allah سبحانه وتعالى uses the same word to mean a trial or a tribulation because oftentimes we see that we go through these types of difficulties in order that Allah سبحانه وتعالى cleanses our sins what do we see? that many times those believers in our community maybe we have a friend or a family member or someone that we know from the workplace or from the message who's a really good human being he's a moral ethical individual but we see that oftentimes he is the man or she is the woman who goes through the most amount of difficulties in their life why? why did Allah سبحانه وتعالى oftentimes put the believer through difficulties? perhaps it is because Allah سبحانه وتعالى wants to cleanse all of their sins and elevate their status closer toward him we see for instance that the greatest of believers for instance companions of Imam Al-Hussain like حبيب بن مظاهر you know the imams of Ahir el-Bait themselves as the prophets of Allah سبحانه وتعالى they themselves go through a lot of difficulties it is to elevate their status in the eyes of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Imam Al-Hussain عليه الصلاة والسلام on the day of Ashura who goes through difficulties like Aba Abdullah not only going through the challenges of his own life but seeing what is happening to his family seeing what is happening to his women and to his children but Imam Al-Hussain عليه الصلاة remains patient in the midst of all of these difficulties which is what gives Aba Abdullah Al-Hussain that status in the eyes of Allah سبحانه وتعالى the Hadith states المؤمن حضن في قلبه وبشر على وجه that when the human being when the believer he goes through difficulties he remains happy on his face but sad in his heart he doesn't go out and complain to everyone because he knows that these are all trials from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and Allah سبحانه وتعالى loves the one who remains patient in the midst of these intense trials and tribulations in the midst of all of these difficulties and a third type of obstacle that oftentimes we have to go through is what the Ahadith Literature coins as الإستدراج meaning he developed mental type of trial and tribulation by which Allah سبحانه وتعالى this connects the disbelievers from him oftentimes we see that trials and tribulations don't only come in the mold of difficulties often they come in the mold of blessings for instance Ahadith it states that if an individual does not deal with or does not encounter a moseiba a difficulty once every 40 days you should know that his faith is weak you should know that his faith is weak if he does not encounter a difficulty once every 40 days take a look at that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created this universe as a means to try us as a means to test us when we're going through difficulties in our life we should thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى and tell him oh Allah this difficulty and this obstacle that I'm going through yes it is difficult but allow me to remain patient in the midst of this difficulty as opposed to asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى to take this difficulty away see the perspective in the mindset of the believer and the disbeliever we go and we see the individual like فرعون فرعون is a man who is you know claims to be the Lord of the world فرعون is a man who has all of the riches he has all of the wealth he has all of the political authority over his community yet Allah سبحانه وتعالى keeps on giving him keeps on giving him wealth keeps on giving him power keeps on giving him respect keeps on giving him authority not because he's blessing فرعون but because he's testing فرعون by the by all of these blessings to see if فرعون is going to remain thankful or no and of course فرعون doesn't but Allah سبحانه وتعالى constantly gives him those blessings so there's no way for him to perform a remedy of all of the sins that he constantly commits in his life when we see ourselves not going through any difficulties not going through any sorts of trials and tribulations in our life we have to sit back and reflect and state wait a minute it is the custom of Allah سبحانه وتعالى to put us through these trials and to put us through these tribulations so we have to realize and recognize and understand that these are okay but we have to continuously do our very best to remain patient in the midst of all of these in summary Allah سبحانه وتعالى is in part of what is known as a سنة الله the divine commandments and legal edicts that he uses to create this universe has created trials and tribulations as a part and parcel of our makeup that part of this dunya that we're living in today is mixed with obstacles that we have to overcome obstacles like fear like hunger like poverty like sickness like the loss of children or the lack of children problems or difficulties with our spouses with our family and so on and so forth but Allah سبحانه وتعالى makes it very clear that those individuals who remain patient in the midst of all of these trials and tribulations they are those who are the most honored in his eyes we pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى that we will become among those who are the recipients of the divine blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى due to our patience in the midst of any sort of obstacles والحمد لله رب العالمين وصل لهم على محمد وعلى الطيبين الطاحرين