words that calm the heart... al-Hamdu liLlah

1) "You will surely be tested in your possessions and in yourselves..." (3:186)

2) "Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as a trial; and to Us you will be returned" (21:35)

3) "Do the people think that they will be left to say, ‘We believe’ and they will not be tried? But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars" (29:2-3)

4) "And that Allah may purify the Believers [through trials] … Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast?" (3:141)