Mufti Menk – You Will Be Tested But

			A believer. The days are made easy for him or her. You are content. Someone told you. Your car was
damaged right off, the first thing you said was Alhamdulillah. At least no one was injured at least
for example, the injury was little, no one lost their lives. You always look at what could have been
in terms of being worse.
		

			That's a believer. A believer always looks at how it could have been worse. But it's not
SubhanAllah. This is a gift of Allah subhanho wa taala. And that's why we say Don't think because
I'm a pious person, or because I read Quran every day, I'm not going to be tested, you will be
tested, but Allah will give you contentment throughout your test. That is the difference. But if
you're not a believer, or if your faith is shaking, you become very depressed and stressed and angry
and upset. And you start questioning Allah and you become distanced from Allah and you throw
yourself further into bad habits. Some people resort to drinking and drugs and everything else to
		

			intoxicate themselves to run away from the reality of the problem. But Allah told you, you know
what, we have tested the messenger before you we're going to test all of you