Why God’s tests aren’t stressful?

He tests you to see who is best in deeds.

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God’s tests aren’t stressful. We have two kinds of tests: tests that are stressful and tests that aren’t stressful. The second kind bring excitement, passion, power and joy instead. If we’re going to be tested to see if we pass or not, this is stressful. But there are tests in competitions in which passing is not the case. It’s a competition and they give points.
They may say, “If you’re first, we’ll give three coins. If you’re second, you won’t be punished. You’ll get two coins. If you’re third, we’ll give you one coin. And if you’re last, we won’t punish you. Everyone will cheer and we’ll give you a token.” This test isn’t stressful. You think, “There’s no cost. I’ll try. Maybe I’ll win.”
So tests are of two kinds: tests that are about failing or passing and tests that aren’t about passing, but are about points. The Almighty God says, “My tests are not of a kind that if you don’t pass, I’ll put you in Hell, but if you do pass, you’ll go to Heaven.”
The Almighty God says, “He Who created death and life that He may try you which of you is best in deeds.” [Qur’an 67:2] I want to test you to see who has the best deeds. This is very different from if God said, “I’ll test you to see who is good and who is bad.” Many people think that God wants to test them to see who will go to Heaven and who will go to Hell. In this way, a person panics! “God, You want to test me to send me to Heaven or Hell?!” God Himself says, ““He Who created death and life that He may try you which of you is best in deeds.” I want to test you to see who has the best deeds.
Friends, have you ever seen an old friend? Twenty years ago, you saw his small children playing. Now when you suddenly see him, you say, “Salam! How are you? Where have you been?” “We went to such and such city and weren’t able to see you!” “How are your kids?” “Good, thank God.” “What are they doing?” You’ll never ask an old friend, “Have your kids become thieves or doctors?!” This is not a nice thing to ask, “Have your kids become engineers or addicts?!” Talk nicely! You ask, “Which field are they studying? What job? Are they married?”
“Have your children died or been injured in an accident? Are they alive?” This is not a nice thing to ask! Talk politely! This is an unkind way of talking. God won’t test anyone like this. Imagine if God said, “I want to test you to see if you go to Hell or Heaven!” God won’t say it in this way! “So God, why are You testing us?” He Himself says, “I want to see who is better.” This is a competition. Try to win.
This is the reason for tests. In order to test people, God must give them freedom. God has given us freedom, but some misuse this and go to Hell themselves. For example, they give a person facilities to see how he exercises with a weight. Whoever picks up more weight is the winner. If he uses this weight to strike another person, he’ll be arrested and jailed. They say, “You killed him, but we had given you this for the competition!” They hadn’t given people weights to see who will kill others to execute them! They had given weights for the competition.
God put a competition between Abel and Cane. Abel won. The reason was, “Allah only accepts from those who guard against evil.” [Qur’an 5:27] They had a competition. They worshiped God, then made a sacrifice and Abel’s sacrifice was accepted. Cane didn’t win. What should he have said? “I’ll win the next time, wait. My intention wasn’t pure enough this time.” It was a competition! But he wasn’t able to tolerate losing, so he killed Abel. Cane asked, “Why did you win?” “You can try to win too.” It’s a competition.
A test is stressful if they say, “We test you to see who passes or fails.” But God didn’t say this. He said, “I test you to see who is better.” How beautiful. It’s a competition! I want to see who is better. “…which of you is best in deeds.”