Dr. Samuel Johnson said:
“The habit of looking on the bright side in every circumstance is more valuable than having a large income.”
“See they not that they are tried once or twice every year [with different kinds of calamities, disease, famine, etc.]? Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson [from it].”
(Quran 9:126)
One of our pious predecessors said to someone:
“Verily, I see upon you the signs of blessings, and my advice to you is to lock your blessings up and keep them safe by being thankful.”
“And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed:’If you give thanks [by accepting Faith and worshipping none but Allah], I will give you more [of My Blessings], but if you are thankless [i.e. disbelievers], verily! My Punishment is indeed severe.”
(Quran 14:7)
“And Allah puts forward the example of a township [Makkah], that dwelt secure and well content; its provision coming to it in abundance from every place, but it [its people] denied the Favors of Allah [with ungratefulness]. So Allah made it taste the extreme of hunger [famine] and fear, because of that [evil, i.e. denying Prophet Muhammad] which they [its people] used to do.”
(Quran 16:112)
[SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan – Don’t Be Sad]
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