God knows what soil your seedling soul needs to blossom. He gives you people to love you, to leave you, to inspire you, to doubt you, and to believe in you. Out of His love, God lets the world hurt you and break you, not because He wants to destroy you, but because He wants to show you your hidden strengths that can only be manifested in the cocoon of trials. This is one of the reasons the Prophet says, “If Allah wants to do good to somebody He afflicts him with trials.”30 God takes us into the cave of difficulty and pain when there are gems for us to find there. God pushes us to the edge of
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