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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim al-Hamdu lillah wa sallatu wa sallamu ala Rasulillahirrah, wa a'ala aalihi wa ashabi ya jmaiin

My brothers and sisters

Allah Almighty has created us in a way that He wants us

to navigate through hardship from time to time

in order to

refine us, strengthen us,

allow us to move on to the next level in order to help us connect with Him in a better way, in order for us to realize the

favours He has bestowed upon us,

in order for us to lead a better life, eventually,

had it not been for hardship, we would not have known what ease is,

people do not appreciate something until they experience the opposite,

you wouldn't know what cold is until you know what hot is,

you wouldn't know what growth is or profit until you know what loss is,

in the same way,

sometimes we are leading a life of ease and we don't realize it, so Allah Almighty says,

we want you to understand that we have given you ease,

we've given you good health, we've given you so much of goodness,

so we will take it away for a while in order for you to appreciate that we have actually blessed you.

And then when it's taken away, do not despair, do not become despondent,

don't be a person who gives up on your own maker who's blessed you all along,

but rather understand and remember it's just a period of time, it's just a phase,

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