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==Wisdom Behind Job's Affliction== | ==Wisdom Behind Job's Affliction== | ||
Job's affliction is considered God’s test for him. According to some commentators, Job (a) maintained his gratefulness to God prior to, during, and after the trial. According to a hadith, Job (a) was afflicted so that the people do not consider him divine because of the blessings that were given to him, and also in order not to despise weak, poor, or sick people and to know that it is God who afflicts whomever He wants and heals whomever He wills. | Job's affliction is considered God’s test for him. According to some commentators, Job (a) maintained his gratefulness to God prior to, during,<ref>Qurtubī, ''Al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 16, p. 216.</ref> and after the trial. According to a hadith, Job (a) was afflicted so that the people do not consider him divine because of the blessings that were given to him, and also in order not to despise weak, poor, or sick people and to know that it is God who afflicts whomever He wants and heals whomever He wills.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''Al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 17, p. 214-217.</ref> | ||
==Job's Oath== | ==Job's Oath== | ||