A strong faith unveils itself in strong hardships.

Iman Ibn ul Jawzee

Translated from Sayd ul Khatir , Pg. 354

The believer is not one who performs the ordained religious duties superficially and avoids what is forbidden only, but he is one whose faith is absolute, with no objections what so ever arising in his heart and no obsession dwelling in his/her soul. The more his faith grows and the more his/her submission strengthens. He could pray and not see a trace of and answer to his/her prayers, yet he does not change because he knows that he/she is owned by the One who deals with him/her in what ever way he chooses. For if and objection was to arise in his/her heart, he/she then forsakes the role of the slave and takes on the role of a protestor such as that of Ibless.

A strong faith unveils itself in strong hardships. A believer is seen in Yahya, son Zakariyya, a fine example. He was killed by a tyrant who confronted him, yet he (swt), who made him a prophet did not intervene nor defend him. Similarly all the tyranny that be felled the prophets and the believers was not held back from them. If one goes to think that divinity cannot answer for thee then one is an unbeliever. However if one believes that divinity can answer for them but choose not to, and that God (swt)

can make the believers go hungry while infidels are full and inflict the believers with sickness and grant the infidels health, then one is only left with submission to the Owner even when tormented or scourched. Jacob cried for eighty years when Joseph son of Jacob (pbuh) was gone, he never gave up; all he said when his other sons was gone is "May Allaah bring all of them back to me"Moses (pbuh) prayed against Pharoaoh , who killed children and crucified magicians and cut their hands, for 40 years before he was answered. In such submission the intense of one's strong faith is manifested not in mere rak'ats. So many of those who glorify Qadar were afflicted with tribulations and this did not increase them except in submission and pleasure (with their Lord), and there lies an explanation of the meaning of His words, "Allaah is pleased with them" (Qur'aan, 5:119 and elsewhere). Al-Hasan Al-Basree said :people are the same in health but when hardship befalls they show distinction.

"This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) - they shall abide therein forever. Allāh is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise). (Al-Ma'idah 5:119)