While our visions are getting blurrier, as it's getting extremely hard to see truth as truth and follow it, and to distinguish falsehood and lies as falsehood and stay away from it...
Someone should never claim themselves as a pious person. And we should always seek and attribute guidance and reasons of righteousness to Allah.
We should never judge people based on their outer appearance or calamities. We simply don't know if they were in grace or in the process of being tested. This knowledge is exclusive to the divine.
Let's remember that the higher your level, the harder your test is.
Do People think that once they say 'We believe', they will be left alone and not be put to the test?
The Quran displayed many stories of ancient nations and people who were severely tested. One of the hardest tests that you may hear of is the test of the People of the Saturday (Sabbath).
Those were people in the old days. They were from the children of Israel. They were mainly dependent on fishing for sustenance. Allah wanted to test their level of faith. So, He prohibited fishing during their Holy day, Saturday. They abided by what God had ordained, and they stopped fishing on Saturday.
Allah wanted to test how much they would stick to His Almighty commands when circumstances are turning tougher. He Almighty made it harder for them as He made all the big fish appear on the surface of where they would usually fish only on Saturday, and the fish would completely disappear during the rest of the week. The fishermen found it hard to keep fishing when no fish appeared.
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Ask them about the town which was by the sea and what befell its people when they broke the Sabbath. On their Sabbath the fish came to them near the surface, but on week-days they never came near them--thus We tried them because of their disobedience”. Quran.7:163. Al-A’raf.
So, the fishermen were inspired to beat around the bush. They seemed to see that it is still permissible to leave off their nets hanging on Fridays, then when the fish reappear on Saturday, they will be stuck to their nets, and when the fishermen come back on Sundays, they will pull up the nets with the fish they indirectly hunted. It seemed that they were not technically fishing, but they were manipulating God's orders.
Some among the wise intellect and pious people who fear God reached out to the fishermen and advised them with the truth, and warned them of the consequences of not following the divine commands as prescribed, so they may obtain divine mercy and protection. Unfortunately, those pious folks were not so many.
The mainstream wasn't fully agreeing with what those corrupt fishermen allowed and facilitated. They remained silent even though it was wrong and against God's commands.
When Scholars and mentors mentioned this Quranic story specifically, they usually highlight that Allah had mentioned only two groups of people: the people who manipulated God's command openly, and the people who stood up for the truth and reminded people of the purpose of this life and how it might be a test that people should aspire to their best to pass. The scholars and people of knowledge also highlighted that God never mentioned the third group, the bystanders, the hypocrites.
This is how God looks at those who see the truth and those who are acquiring calamities because of the bad they have done. And for those who were bystanders were dropped and weren't even given the divine honor to be mentioned.
May we be inspired to be by the side of the truth, with the people of truth, and be guided by the divine truth in this life and in the hereafter. Amen!
May we be guided, forgiven, and reminded that fear of God is rewarded while fearing anything else is forgone. Amen!
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