Despite suffering great tragedies any father would ever face, Ya[qub had unflinching faith and trust in Allah that He would not disappoint him. Allah said in a Hadith Qudsi, ‘I am as my servant thinks of Me…’90 The lesson for us is that we should only have the best thoughts about Allah. The opposite is the case of the person with weak faith. He complains at the very first trial, ‘O Allah, why is this happening to me?’ With more tests, his faith goes from complaints to questioning the religion and eventually disbelief.
