In my opinion it is taqwa. A person with taqwa will bear the good and bad as a command from Allah ta’ala. He/she will accept the hardships without losing hope, without questioning the hikmah.
There could be another answer. It is the personality. Personality the sum total of a person’s experiences. Every situation a person encounters molds him/her. The effect of such experiences becomes a part of their personality. So at any given time, a person is the sum total of what he/she has gone through. That sets their world-view and how they react to situations. Some grow to be optimists, some pessimists.
IMO Assuming that person A is bitter and angry because he or she doesn’t have strong faith or taqwa sounds a bit harsh? I don’t know.. I guess we all go through periods where our faith fluctuates (sometimes a lot).
Our behaviour is shaped by different dispositional and situational factors.. you cannot easily compare two individuals.
You know I have heard this too that humans were given a choice and we accepted. However, my question is why don’t we remember that period? Idk I am generally very curious about this subject, are there any other instances or hints that may answer my question? Thanks in advance.
Well Muzna baji, difference between A & B is apparent. B believes, a person comes out much stronger and in order to go through it..he/she has to go through a process. Nothing in life is easy and it won’t be easy. I wish people just understand that..life is not plate of gold. It won’t give results right away..coz as human being we do become very impatient. But B believes..everything is in Allah’s hand. Our job is to beg him for forgiveness and his mercy. And yes including those..who has done wrong to ourselves..perhaps they may be forgiven by that act.
A believes, they got enough of enough. They don’t have power to endure anymore..so they try running away from problem. But the same worry that they try to avoid..chase them until it tires them. They are angry and give up very easily. And the very same ppl live a sad life. They may believe in Allah’s rahmah and hope too..yes it could happen. However, Allah’s rehm and forgiveness comes in second to their worry.
So the ingredient of “hope” is the fine line between these two.
Personal traits,… strength, maturity, faith possibly
Previous experiences, future experiences, support structure including self help and friends, family, support groups etc etc
This is just my view from my limited knowledge but are the factors I see as pertinent
We don’t remember what we ate last week. We don’t remember what we did and saw on the 194th day of our life. We don’t remember a lot of things. But I don’t think we have forgotten it all together…coz its reminded in the Quran to us even though we might not have a personal recollection of it.
Thanks for the translations. So I tried reading up on this a bit and the exegesis on one of the sites I stumbled on is that this trust was offered to Adam (so the covenant isn’t offered on an individual basis). The last part of the ayah reads like an admonishment for taking up the offer but apparently it’s merely a comment on our short-sightedness. Absent this commentary, doesn’t this whole ayah make one feel like we are set up to fail?
Comparing what we ate last week or what we saw on the 194th day of our lives to accepting to take on a mega huge responsibility is apples to oranges. Anything significant that happens in our lives, we tend to remember from the time we have our conscious. There’s a whole mysterious side to our souls that we absolutely know anything about but are given hints through the Quran. Fascinating stuff!
The type of circumstances a person faces, moreover the environment one grows up in, has a lot to do with the type of person they become.People who generally have a strong and nurturing support system around them tend to generally be more enduring of life’s hardships and less bitter.This may not be a universal rule that applies to everyone, but its def a factor.
