How can one reconcile a calamity being an act of God's love or a punishment for sins, in light of the Qur'anic verses: "And when disaster struck you, although you had struck [the enemy twice] their like" and "And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is because of what your [own] hands have earned," and the noble Hadith: "Indeed, when Allah loves a servant, He tests him," with the feeling that God has wronged me and that all my attempts to achieve my goals end in failure?

The Fatwa Center specializes in answering Shar'i (Islamic legal) inquiries and cannot guide anyone, for guidance is in the hands of Allah. The question contained significant errors, such as feeling divine injustice, certainty that prayers will not be accepted and consequently abandoning them, not desiring Paradise, cursing the Divine Essence, and atheistic thoughts. These errors result from the infiltration of despair and weakness due to an ordeal or trial, which is a serious malady Allah has warned against, for Allah tests His servants to examine their patience and servitude. Life should not be darkened in an individual's eyes due to an ordeal, and there must be repentance from outright disbelief and abandoning prayer. There is no contradiction between calamities being from yourselves and what your hands have earned, and Allah testing His servants, for Allah is just and does not wrong people. The success of some people despite their sins is a gradual leading them towards destruction (istidraj).