وَمَا أَخْطَأَ الْعَبْدَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَهُ، وَمَا أَصَابَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَهُ
What missed a servant could not have reached him, and what reached him could not have missed him.
Comfort, hardship, benefit, and trial—whether received or missed—occur according to Allah’s knowledge and decree. This conviction guards the servant against pride over what he obtains and misplaced protest over what escapes him.
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وَمَا أَخْطَأَ الْعَبْدَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَهُ، وَمَا أَصَابَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَهُ
What missed a servant could not have reached him, and what reached him could not have missed him.
Comfort, hardship, benefit, and trial—whether received or missed—occur according to Allah’s knowledge and decree. This conviction guards the servant against pride over what he obtains and misplaced protest over what escapes him.