What is your advice to one who has been afflicted with a severe trial in this worldly life?
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Allah tests His servants with whatever trials He wills to examine them and purify their faith. Therefore, the believer must be patient and content with Allah's decree. A trial may be for the expiation of sins, or for raising one's rank, or for distinguishing the true believers, or as a punishment for some sins. The Muslim must turn to Allah through supplication, repentance, and worship, for supplication repels and alleviates trials, as happened to Ayyub (Job), peace be upon him.
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