LINGERING DOUBTS

and power to obtain the comforts of this world, he chose instead to renounce them more than anyone else. 2. During the Makkan period, the Companions faced great difficulties and hardships. Explaining the reason for these trials, someone said, “These trials were necessary because, without them, they could not develop the deep commitment to the cause that a true believer needs. Enduring hardships for the sake of Islam cultivated the correct Islamic mindset, built a pure Islamic character, and continually deepened their sincerity in worship. This intense training through suffering naturally nurtured the Islamic spirit within them. When a person rises for a cause and goes through struggle, hardship, suffering, hunger, exile, and other tribulations, the core of that cause fully takes over their heart and soul, transforming their entire personality into a reflection of that purpose.” However, when you tell these individuals that a believer should not seek comfort in worldly life because it weakens one’s sense of the Hereafter, they respond by saying: “Perhaps you think that God’s blessings11 are 11. The perspective given to us regarding worldly blessings is that we should regard them as means of sustenance (provision for temporary residence”) (Quran, 4:5). It does not befit a believer to view them