This World: Home of Trials and Afflictions وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَ | Ilm4all

This World: Home of Trials and Afflictions

وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

{And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.}
[Surah al-Furqaan (25): 20]

Shaikh al-Sadee رحمه الله said:
"This home (world) is the home of Trials, Afflictions, and Test."
[Tafseer al-Sadee]

Indeed, this world is a Fitnah, where one person becomes a trial for the other:

1. Father becoming trial for his child: Aazar, the father of Ibraaheem عليه السلام.

2. Child becoming trial for his father: the son of Nooh عليه السلام.

3. Brother becoming trial for his brother: the brothers of Yusuf عليه السلام.

4. Wife becoming trial for her husband: the wife of Nooh عليه السلام and the wife Loot عليه السلام.

5. Husband becoming trial for his wife: Fir`aun (Pharaoh) for his wife Aasiah.

6. The Prophets and Messengers becoming trial for the people.

7. People becoming trial for the Prophets.

In a long Hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ said: "Allaah تعالى said: {And I have sent you (O Muhammad) in order to put you to test and put (the people to test) through you}"
[Saheeh Muslim (2865)]

7. The disobedient becoming trial for the obedient.

8. The rich becoming trial for the poor.

9. People with eye sight becoming trial for the blind.

10. People with hair becoming trial for the bald.

11. People with beauty becoming trial for the others.

12. People with certain skin color becoming trial for the others.

13. Men becoming trial for the women.

14. Women becoming trial for the men.

15. The young becoming trial for the old.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The heart of an old person feels young for the love of two things: love for long life and wealth."
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim, and the wording is his]

16. The cheaters becoming trial for the honest.

17. People upon falsehood becoming trial for the people upon Truth.