Affliction for grants
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Does God afflict His best beloved and the best among His people, His prophets and His messengers?
Yes, if we read through the book of God and Ahadeeth of the prophet, we will see that there are lots of stories about different types of trials and affliction prophets and messengers of God faced. For example, this is what God mentioned about Abraham, He says:
2-124: “And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain words (commands), which he fulfilled,”
It is not one trial, God mentioned them in the plural, this means different types of trials, what was the result? He fulfilled them, i.e. he fulfilled them as God likes and in a way that satisfies Him, so the result was as God says:
2-124: “He said: "I will make you an Imam to Nations,”
I.e. God chose him to be an Imam, an Imam here is a prophet or a messenger, this means there is no grant without trial, as Imam Abul-Aza’em said: “No grace without an affliction, no grant without a trial.” Whoever wants to get a grace without affliction, he seeks something impossible because God doesn’t give it to His prophets and His messengers although they are the most beloved to Him. The greatest beloved, (May the blessing and peace of God be upon him), mentioned the general divine rule for all people, this is what we are talking about today. The prophet, (May the blessing and peace of God be upon him),said:
“If God loves a servant, He afflicts him,”Why? “If he is satisfied (with that) He chooses him, and if he is patient, He prefers him.”[1]
These are just two degrees as a result of dealing with God’s affliction. Whoever accepts it with satisfaction, God chooses him among those He chooses, and he becomes as God says:
22-75: “Allah chooses messengers from angels and from men,”
Satisfaction means that a servant sees that this deed is from His Lord, so he surrenders to His orders and his soul doesn’t argue about God’s order. He doesn’t accept it and at the same time feels pain, suffering, boredom or distress about God’s order. This doesn’t mean he tries not to resist the affliction, he does his best about facing it, if he can’t stop it, he knows it is God’s will, feels satisfied with it and surrenders to His orders. He follows what God says to His beloved and chosen about those He wanted to choose for His grants:
4-65: “But no, by your Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make you judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against your decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.”
He surrenders to what His lord has decreed as this is the best thing for him, because God will choose and prefers him as the prophet, (May the blessing and peace of God be upon him),said. If he can’t get the degree of satisfaction, he should try to be patient. Patience means that he accepts it but feels some pain, but he doesn’t get worried or impatient or anxious or say or do anything that deserves God’s anger, this is patience with contentment. “And if he is patient, He prefers him.” There is a big difference between the best chosen ones and the purified preferred ones. The first are in a degree and the latter are thousands degrees behind them according to God, The Owner of Highest Ranks and The Lord of the Throne of Glory.
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[1] It was narrated in Shuab Al-Eeman by Al-Bayhaky after Ibn-Mas’uud.
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