Precious Fruits
Amazing is the distressed person who is heedless of five things
It was narrated from Al-Hasan Al-Basri that he said: Amazing is the distressed person who is heedless of five things, knowing what God has made for those who say them, His saying: {And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided}.
And His saying: {Those to whom people said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.}
And His saying: {And I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants." So Allah protected him from the evils they plotted}.
And His saying: {And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers}.
And His saying: {And their only statement was that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." So Allah gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter. And Allah loves the doers of good}.
It was also narrated from Al-Hasan that he said: Whoever adheres to reciting these verses in times of hardship, God will relieve it from him, because He has promised and judged in them what He has made for those who say them, and His judgment does not fail, and His promise is not broken.
The Book: Relief after hardship
Author: Judge Al-Tanukhi
May God bless our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions
Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you
