ONE AYAT A DAY
اَلَّذِيْنَ اِذَآ اَصَابَتْهُمْ مُّصِيْبَةٌ ۗ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَاِنَّآ اِلَيْهِ رٰجِعُوْنَۗ
Allażīna iżā aṣābathum muṣībah(tun), qālū innā lillāhi wa innā ilaihi rāji‘ūn(a).
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."
The Believer is Patient with the Affliction and thus gains a RewardAllah informs us that He tests and tries His servants, just as He said in another Ayah:وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَـهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّـبِرِينَ وَنَبْلُوَ أَخْبَـرَكُمْ(And surely, We shall try you till We test those who strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and As-Sabirin (the patient), and We shall test your facts (i.e., the one who is a liar, and the one who is truthful).) (47:31)Hence, He tests them with the bounty sometimes and sometimes with the afflictions of fear and hunger. Allah said in another Ayah:فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ(So Allah made it taste extreme of hunger (famine) and fear.) (16:112)The frightened and the hungry persons show the effects of the affliction outwardly and this is why Allah has used here the word `Libas' (cover or clothes) of fear and hunger. In the Ayat above, Allah used the words:بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوفْ وَالْجُوعِ(with something of fear, hunger,) meaning, a little of each. Then (Allah said),وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الاٌّمَوَالِ(loss of wealth,) meaning, some of the wealth will be destroyed,وَالاٌّنفُسِ(lives) meaning, losing friends, relatives and loved ones to death,وَالثَّمَرَتِ(and fruits,) meaning, the gardens and the farms will not produce the usual or expected amounts. This is why Allah said next:وَبَشِّرِ الصَّـبِرِينَ(but give glad tiding…