Belief in Allah (SWT)

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“I am amazed at the one who has been afflicted with fear, and he does not flee to the Words of Allah:
‘Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs’ for verily Allah has said after it. ‘So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them.’ (Qur’an, 3:173-4)

And I am amazed at the person who is afflicted with sadness, and he does not flee to the Words of Allah: ‘There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers,’ for verily Allah has said after it ‘So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.’ (Qur’an, 21:87-88)

And I am amazed at the person who is afflicted with betrayal and deception by people, and he does not flee to the Words of Allah: ‘I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants’ for verily Allah has said after it: ‘So Allah protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment.’ (Qur’an, 40:44-45)

And I am amazed at the person who is afflicted with sickness, and he does not flee to the Words of Allah: ‘Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful,’ for verily Allah has said after it: ‘So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allah].’” (Qur’an, 21:83-84)

- Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (quoted by Sheikh ash-Sha’rawi in his book of tafseer)