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The hardships that we suffer in life are means by which our sins are pardoned. These difficulties can take many forms, like sickness, financial misfortune, or the loss of loved ones. Through these trials, Allah grants us atonement for our sins and raises our spiritual status.

Allah tries those of His servants He deems best to test. Consider Job عليه السلام about whom Allah Almighty say
s:
وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
(Remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, “Truly distress has seized me, but You are the Most Merciful of those who are merciful.”
[Sūrah al-Anbiyā 21:83]
In this way, Job became for later generations the ideal representation of patience and gracious resignation.
Allah has made His Prophets and Messengers exemplars and role-models for the believers to follow, and all of them were severely tested. Some of them suffered from extreme poverty. Some of them had to endure serious illness or tragic sorrow. Some were imprisoned or endured one form of persecution or another. Allah, in his wisdom decreed this to be the case.
Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked, “Which people are tested most severely?” He said:
الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ
The Prophets, then those nearest to them, and then those nearest to them.
[Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Book 34, Number 2398]
Therefore, when believers are beset with hardships, they should turn their Lord. They should know that enduring these difficulties might be a way for them to atone for their sins and bring them closer to Allah. It might be a means by which their status in the Hereafter will be elevated. Even the mere prick of a thorn can be a means for the forgiveness of sins.
Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ شَوْكَةٍ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً أَوْ حَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً
No believer is pricked by a thorn or more, except that Allah will raise him thereby one degree in status, or will thereby erase a sin.
[Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6238]
Believers should never ask why Allah decrees what He does. They should know that they are the needy, dependent ones and place their hopes in their Lord who is their Creator, and who is All-Knowing and Wise:
 
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THE BEST EXAM ? ► When we are in Examination Rooms: • We are not allowed to Copy or Cheat from others, • We are not allowed to open a book when we Forget, • We are not allowed to Help anyone else to pass the Exam! ► How Easy is the Exam from ALLAH: • We are totally Allowed to Copy the Righteous and the Pious, • We always have the Book (Qur'an) to open when we Forget. • We are even Encouraged to Help others in this Exam... and by doing so we get bonus points too [reward similar to theirs]. • I Love ALLAH And His Wonderful Deen ♥ • Ya Allah (الله) Forgive Us & Pass Our Final Exam (Aa'meen)
 
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And if life has been difficult, worries surround you and calamities after calamities befall you, hear the good news from the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam): "Trials will continue to befall the believing man and woman, with regard to themselves, their children and their wealth, until they meet Allaah with no sin on them." (Tirmidhi-- saheeh by al-Albaani)
 
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2.2. This is The Book in which there is no doubt. (Since its Author, Allah, the Creator of this universe, possesses complete knowledge, there is no room for doubt about its contents.) It is a guide for those who are God conscious,
 
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2.3. who believe in the Unseen, who establish Salah (five regular daily prayers) and spend in charity out of what We have provided for their sustenance;

2.4. who believe in this Revelation (The Qur'an) which is sent to you (O Muhammad) and the Revelations which were sent before you (Torah, Psalms, Gospel...) and firmly believe in the Hereafter.

2.5. They are on True Guidance from their Rabb and they are the ones who will attain salvation.
 
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2.21 O Mankind! Worship your Rabb Who created you and created those who came before you; by doing this you may expect to guard yourself against evil.

2.22 It is He Who has made the earth a floor for you and the sky a canopy; and it is He Who sends down rain from the sky for the growth of fruits for your sustenance. Therefore, do not knowingly set up rivals to Allah.
 
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2.26 Allah does not mind using the similitude(comparision) of a gnat or an even more insignificant creature to teach a lesson. Those who believe know that it is the truth from their Rabb; but the unbelievers say: "What does Allah mean by such a similitude?" By such a similitude Allah confounds many and enlightens many. He confounds none except the transgressors:

commentry 2.26: In his Tafsir, As-Suddi reported that Ibn `Abbas, Ibn Mas`ud, and some Companions said; "When Allah gave these two examples of the hypocrites'' meaning Allah's statements,

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِى اسْتَوْقَدَ نَاراً

(Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire), and,

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ

(Or like a rainstorm from the sky), "The hypocrites said, `Allah's far more exalted than for Him to make such examples.' So Allah revealed these Ayat (2:26-27) up to:

هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ

(Who are the losers)''. Sa`id said that Qatadah said, "Allah does not shy away from the truth when He mentions a matter as a parable, whether this matter is significant or not. When Allah mentioned the flies and the spider in His Book, the people of misguidance said, `Why did Allah mention these things.' So Allah revealed the above verse
 
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