Re: lets do the comparison
Goodness is not about what we go through … Goodness is about how we react to what is given to us …
If we react good to a bad situation that is good, if we react good in a good situation that is also good … The worst of the people react badly in good situations … And the best people react good in bad situations.
People are given hardships either to take the carpet from under their feet and make them realise that they need to mend their ways … Or to increase them in their piety … In both cases it is for a good merciful reason … So that is how we should view this … Suffering does not equate going to heaven … There could be people who suffer a lot in this world and still go to hell … Because they didn’t remember their Lord or correct their ways.
And it is wrong to assume that the suffering person has not the easy way out … And the non-suffering person has the easy way out … On Judgment Day the people who had most health, wealth, knowledge and ease in this life have fewer excuses to make for not being obedient so they get a harder time on that occasion … People who have suffered here get an easier time on that Day … So there is a huge picture that you need to account for …