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By Dr. Emdad Khan

We all began with Allah swt. We were in the world of souls and then start our journey in Dunya. Our father and mother Adam and Hawa AHS were in Jannah, and they were sent to Dunya.

Surah Taha A124, Allah swt declares,

20:123

قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ

 بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ

 ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًۭى

 فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ

 فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ ١٢٣

Allah said, “Descend, both of you, from here together ˹

with Satan˺ as enemies to each other.

 Then when guidance comes to you from Me,

 whoever follows My guidance? 

will neither go astray ˹in this life˺ nor suffer ˹in the next˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We will have ups and downs, darkness, and obstacles in this life of Dunya.  Then we will get sunny days and again will get tests and then again will rise and finally we will be closer to Allah swt. We hope He will be pleased with us, and we will be pleased with Him when we leave this Dunya.