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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (915) | The wisdom of the struggle between truth and falsehood
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah
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The wisdom behind the struggle between truth and falsehood
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Allah, the Exalted, possesses profound wisdom in ordaining the struggle between truth and falsehood.
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Among these, firstly, are aspects of the servitude of the people of truth to their Lord, which only manifest during struggle.
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Such as the servitude of patience, steadfastness upon truth, imploring Allah, the Exalted, for victory, and repentance from sins, and so forth.
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Thus, Allah, the Exalted, has upon His servants acts of servitude in times of ease and hardship, prosperity and adversity.
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Secondly, distinguishing the corrupt from the pure.
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People are equal in times of ease, but they differ in times of hardship.
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Allah, the Exalted, says:
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Thirdly, in times of struggle against falsehood, aspects of truth become apparent to people that they would not have known without this struggle.
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Consequently, those who follow and support the truth increase.
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Fourthly, likewise, in situations of struggle, ambitions are stirred, and the spirit of resistance among the people of truth is strengthened.
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Their affiliation and adherence to it grow stronger.
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah