In just the same way, man comes into existence from nothing, not as a rock or a tree  or  an  animal,  but  as  a  human  being  and  a  Muslim,  and  most  of  the  time experiences good  health and acquires a high level of bounties. Despite all this, to complain and display impatience because he is not worthy of some bounties, or because he loses them through wrong choices or abuse, or  because  he  could  not  obtain  them,  and  to  criticize divine dominicality saying “What have  I  done that this has happened to me?”, is a state of mind and spiritual sickness more  calamitous than the physical one. Like fighting with a broken hand, complaint makes his illness worse. Sensible is the person who in accordance with the meaning of the verse,

Those who when struck by calamity say: To God do we belong, and to God is our return(2:156)

submits and is patient, so that the illness may complete its duty, then depart.

NINETEENTH REMEDY

As the  attribute  of  the  Eternally Besought  One,  “the  most  beautiful  names” indicates, all the All-Beauteous One of Glory’s names are beautiful. Among beings, life is the most  subtle, the most beautiful, and the most comprehensive mirror of Eternal Besoughtedness.  The mirror to the beautiful becomes beautiful. The mirror that displays the virtues of beauty becomes beautiful. Just as whatever is done to the mirror by such beauty is good and  beautiful, whatever befalls life too, in respect of reality, is good. For it displays the beautiful impresses of the most beautiful names, which are good and beautiful.

Life becomes a deficient mirror if it passes monotonously with permanent health and well-being. In one respect, it suggests non-existence, non-being, and nothingness, and causes  weariness. It reduces the life’s value and transforms the pleasure of life into distress. For  thinking he will pass his time quickly, out of boredom a person throws  himself  either  into  vice  or  into  amusements.  He  becomes  hostile  to  his valuable life and wants to kill it and make it pass quickly as though it were a prison sentence. But when it revolves in change and action and different states, life makes its value felt, and its importance and pleasure. Such a person does not want his life to pass quickly, even if it is in hardship and tribulation. He does not complain wearily, saying, “Alas! The sun hasn’t set yet,” or, “it is still nighttime.”

Yes, ask a fine gentleman who is rich and idle and living in the lap of luxury, “How are you?” You are bound to hear a pathetic reply like: “The time never passes. Let’s have a game of backgammon. Or let’s find some amusement to pass the time.” Or else you will hear complaints arising from worldly ambition, like: “I haven’t got that; if only I had done such-and-such.”