Severe distress

Good is a test as much as bad

A verse that names both directions.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Kullu nafsin dhā'iqatu-l-mawt, wa nablūkum bi-sh-sharri wa-l-khayri fitnah…

“Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.”

Most people only recognise the first kind. The second is harder to notice while it is happening.

Source

The Qur'an · 21:35

Qur'an
  • Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International
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