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The Incident of the People of the Trench
اَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ اَنْ یُّتْرَكُوْۤا اَنْ یَّقُوْلُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا وَ هُمْ لَا یُفْتَنُوْنَ(۲)
Do people think they will be left as they say, “We believe”, and they will not be tested?[1]
Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān explains:
From this it is understood that testing Muslims according to the strength of their faith is the law of Allah Almighty. Illness, poverty, affliction, and hardship — all are trials sent by Allah Almighty, through which the sincere person and the hypocrite are distinguished.[2]
Trials Come Upon Those Whom Allah Loves
Sayyidunā Anas رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: “Great reward comes with great affliction. When Allah Almighty loves a people, He tests them. Whoever is pleased with this receives the pleasure of Allah, and whoever is displeased receives displeasure.”[3]
Dear Islamic brothers, there is an important clarification to make: the difficulties and trials that the believers face in this world are, in reality, a mercy from Allah Almighty. Here is a faith-inspiring narration regarding this:
It is reported that two angels met—one was descending from the heavens to the earth, and the other was ascending from the earth to the heavens.
One angel asked the other, “Where are you coming from?”
He replied: “A non-Muslim lives in such-and-such city. He was extremely ill, and his final moments were near. The recompense of his good deeds had already been given in this world; therefore, no goodness remained by which he would receive any reward on the Day of Judgement. Only one good deed
BOOK TOPIC
- The Excellence of reciting Ṣalāt upon the Beloved Prophet
- The Incident of the People of the Trench
- A Brief Introduction to Surah al-Burūj
- Speech Intentions
- The Incident of the People of the Ditch
- Lessons Derived from the Quranic Event
- (1) The Believer and Trials
- People Think being a Muslim Is Easy
- Trials Come Upon Those Whom Allah Loves
- Trials Are Also a Mercy
- Detesting Disbelief Is Essential
- (2) Do Not Harm Others
- The Sign of a Good and Bad Person
- A Muslim’s Life, Wealth, and Honour Are Sacred
- A Most Heinous Crime
- He Will Be Thrown into the Fire
- Even Glaring Is Forbidden
- The Boy’s Foot Was Stepped On
- Four Causes of a Bad End
- (3) The Fish Bit Off His Thumb
- The Intoxication of Power
- Pearls of Wisdom Regarding Good Conduct
- One of the 12 Religious Activities: Madani Muzakarah
- Announcement
- The 6 salat upon the Prophet and 2 duas that are recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami:
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- Study circle schedules for weekly gatherings - 8th January 2026
- Remaining Pearls of Wisdom Regarding Good Conduct
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Supplication for the First Morsel and for Each Morsel Thereafter
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
