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According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune or someone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it, which we may not understand at the time,_ one of them said to me. __hat__ where trust comes in. Through suffering, God helps us to better ourselves and make good our mistakes. It is a form of purification and also God__ way of testing the strength of our faith and the goodness of our character._ Another lady suggested I look on the bright side.__uffering draws us closer to God and that is our aim in life,_ she said. Then she quoted Rumi who had said, __t is pain that draws man to his Lord, because when he is well, he doesn__ remember the Lord._ I tried to look at the positive and believe that there was a higher, spiritual perspective on what I had just been through, and all the advice I was given helped me a lot. But it took quite a while for my heart to catch up with my mind.
Kristiane Backer From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life
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According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune or someone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it, which we may not understand at the time,_ one of them said to me. __hat__ where trust comes in. Through suffering, God helps us to better ourselves and make good our mistakes. It is a form of purification and also God__ way of testing the strength of our faith and the goodness of our character._ Another lady suggested I look on the bright side.__uffering draws us closer to God and that is our aim in life,_ she said. Then she quoted Rumi who had said, __t is pain that draws man to his Lord, because when he is well, he doesn__ remember the Lord._ I tried to look at the positive and believe that there was a higher, spiritual perspective on what I had just been through, and all the advice I was given helped me a lot. But it took quite a while for my heart to catch up with my mind.
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From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

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