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Podcast: When Faith Hurts | Zeba Khan

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I believe our spiritual education is broken, and in order to fix it, we have to be upfront with each other. We have to admit that we can be happy with Allah and still find ourselves devastated by the tests He puts before us, because faith is not a protection from struggle.

Bad things do happen to good people, even when they pray. You can try your hardest and still fall short. You can pray your whole life for something that will never come to you. And strength of faith in that circumstance doesn’t mean living in a state of unfulfilled hope, it means accepting the wisdom in the test that Allah has decreed for you.

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Zeba Khan is the Editor at Large - Special Needs for MuslimMatters.org, as well as a writer, speaker, and disability awareness advocate. In addition to having a child with autism, she herself lives with Ehlers-Danlos Sydrome, Dysautonomia, Mast-Cell Activation Disorder, and a random assortment of acronyms that collectively translate to chronic illness and progressive disability.

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2 Comments

  1. Mir Ali

    February 27, 2020 at 11:20 AM

    Is it the “Faith” that hurts or not having the right understanding of faith which is hurtful!

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  2. Fritz

    March 2, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    Great lecture.

    Sounds like you’ve had a pretty tough – may ALLAH may it easy for you.

    Reply

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