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Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 6244 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) recited this verse, "If you turn back He will substitute other people for you and they
will not be like you. The people asked, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who are these people whom Allah has
mentioned will be substituted for us if we turn back and will not be like us?" He struck Salman al-Farisi on the thigh and said,
"This man and his people. If the religion were in the Pleiades men from among the Persians would attain it."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
SUFFERING:
2:218 - Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in
the path of Allah they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah; and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most
Merciful.
4:104 - And slacken not in following up the enemy: if ye are suffering hardships they are suffering
similar hardships; but ye have hope from Allah while they have none. And Allah is full of
knowledge and wisdom. 620
620 Religion should be a source of strength and not of weakness in all our affairs. If we have to struggle hard and suffer
hardships, those without faith have to do the same, with this difference, that the man of Faith is full of hope in Allah,
whereas the man without Faith has nothing to sustain him. (4.104)
6:42 - Before thee We sent (Apostles) to many nations and We afflicted the nations with suffering
and adversity that they might learn humility.
6:43 - When the suffering reached them from Us why then did they not learn humility? On the
contrary their hearts became hardened and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to
them. 861
861 Sorrow and suffering may (if we take them rightly) turn out to be the best gifts of God to us. According to the Psalms
(xciv. 12), "Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord!" Through suffering we learn humility, the antidote to
many vices and the fountain of many virtues. But if we take them the wrong way, we grumble and complain: we
become faint-hearted; and Satan gets his oppurtunity to exploit us by putting forward the alluring pleasures of his
Vanity Fair. (6.43)
7:43 - And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury; beneath them will be
rivers flowing; and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah Who hath guided us to this (felicity):
never could we have found guidance had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was
the truth that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they Shall hear the cry: "Behold!
the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors for your deeds (of righteousness)."
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1021 A man who may have suffered or been disappointed may have a lurking sense of injury in the back of his mind, which
may spoil his enjoyment on account of past memory intruding in the midst of felicity. In such cases memory itself is
pain. Even sorrow is intensified by memory: as Tennyson says, "A sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier
things." But that is in this our imperfect life. In the perfect felicity of the righteous, all such feelings will be blotted out.
No "heartaches" then and no memories of them! The clouds of the past will have dissolved in glorious light, and no
past happiness will be comparable with the perfect happiness which will have then been attained. Nor will any sense
of envy or shortcoming be possible in that perfect bliss. (7.43)
1022 Jesus said: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth": Matt. v. 5. Here we are told: blessed are the
righteous, for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. The stress here is on actual practical deeds of righteousness:
whether they find their rewards on earth or not is immaterial: their attention is directed to an infinitely greater reward,
the kingdom of heaven. In the Sermon on the Mount this is promised to the "poor in spirit": Matt. v, 3. (7.43)
7:94 - Whenever We sent a prophet to a town We took up its people in suffering and adversity in
order that they might learn humility. 1065
1065 Man was originally created pure. The need of a prophet arises when there is some corruption and iniquity, which he is
sent to combat. His coming means much trial and suffering, especially to those who join him in his protest against
wrong. Even so peaceful a prophet as Jesus said; "I came not to send peace but a sword" (Matt. x. 34). But it is all in
Allah's Plan, for we must learn humility if we would be worthy of Him. (7.94)
7:95 - Then We changed their suffering into prosperity until they grew and multiplied and began to
say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence."...Behold! We called them to
account of a sudden while they realized not (their peril). 1066
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