IF WE LOVE SOMEONE, WE CAN’T SEE THEM IN PAIN, SO WHY DOES ALLAH TEST THOSE HE LOVES?
It is part of our human nature to feel protective toward the people we love. When we see them hurting whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually our heart aches with them. We rush to comfort them, to shield them from hardship, and to remove their suffering as quickly as possible. This is how limited human love operates: emotional, immediate, and focused only on the present moment. But when it comes to Allah’s love, people often struggle to understand why the One who loves us the most allows pain, especially spiritual afflictions like evil eye, black magic, or jinn disturbances.
Why would Allah, the Most Merciful, allow His beloved servants to go through hardship? The answer lies in understanding the difference between human love and Divine love.
Human love sees the moment; Allah’s love sees the entire journey from the beginning of our existence until the moment we stand before Him. Human love seeks immediate comfort; Allah’s love seeks eternal success. The Qur’an reminds us of this reality when
Allah says: “But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. Allah knows, and you know not.” (Qur’an 2:216).
This powerful ayah teaches us that Divine wisdom is far greater than our emotional response. A mother takes her child for a vaccination even though the child cries in pain, because she knows the temporary discomfort will save the child from a greater illness. A teacher gives difficult examinations, not to harm the student, but to help them grow.
A surgeon cuts into a patient’s body, not out of cruelty, but to remove something harmful. Likewise, Allah allows certain hardships because these very challenges carry within them a hidden mercy, purification, and protection that we may not understand in the moment.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ explained this when he said, “When Allah loves a servant, He tests him.” (Tirmidhi).
This profound hadith overturns our common assumptions. We often think that hardship means Allah is angry with us. But the Prophet ﷺ teaches the opposite: trials are signs of Divine love.
If hardships were a sign of Allah’s displeasure, then the prophets would have lived the easiest lives but they faced the greatest hardships of all mankind. Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was cast into a blazing fire, yet Allah made it cool and safe for him.
Prophet Yunus (AS) was swallowed by a whale in the darkest depths of the ocean, yet it became the place of his spiritual awakening.
Prophet Yusuf (AS) was betrayed by his own brothers and thrown into prison, yet Allah raised him to a position of honour and authority.
Even the beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the most honoured servant of Allah, experienced immense pain losing his parents, his children, his companions, and facing rejection, persecution, and heartbreak. Their struggles show that tests are never a sign of Allah abandoning someone; rather, they are a sign that Allah is preparing the person for something greater.
Trials also purify the believer and elevate their rank.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, not even the prick of a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for it.” (Bukhari & Muslim).
Every tear, every night of distress, every moment of spiritual heaviness, and every step taken in patience washes away sins and brings a person closer to Allah. In spiritual afflictions like sihr, evil eye, or jinn possession, the pain is real but so is the purification. Many times, these afflictions break a person’s reliance on the dunya and bring them back to sincere dua, sincere tawbah, and sincere connection with the Qur’an.
Allah says, “And when My servants ask you concerning Me, indeed I am near. I respond to the dua of the one who calls upon Me.” (Qur’an 2:186).
Sometimes, the very pain we want to run away from is what pushes our heart back toward Allah with sincerity we never had before.
Hardships also remind us of our true dependence on Allah. When life is smooth, we often forget Him. But when life becomes heavy, our dua becomes sincere, our salah becomes deeper, and our heart softens. The believer begins to understand that true healing comes only from Allah. Even the affliction of sihr or jinn becomes a means of spiritual awakening.
Allah says: “And when harm touches you, it is to Him you cry for help.” (Qur’an 16:53).
Pain often reveals the depth of our faith more than comfort ever can. Through difficulty, Allah strengthens our soul, cleanses our heart, and teaches us to trust His plan.
In the end, understanding Allah’s tests requires accepting that this world is temporary. Allah is not preparing us for comfort in dunya; He is preparing us for an eternal reward far greater than anything we can imagine. Jannah is not achieved through comfort; it is achieved through patience, faith, and perseverance.
The Qur’an says: “Indeed, Allah is with the patient.” (Qur’an 2:153).
When Allah is with you during your trial, then your trial is not a punishment it is a pathway to His closeness.
So, if you are going through a hardship, especially a spiritual affliction, do not think Allah has abandoned you. Do not think your pain is ignored. Allah sees every tear, hears every dua, and knows every silent struggle in your heart. One day either in this world or before Allah you will look back and realize that every hardship carried a hidden mercy. Allah never tests you to break you. He tests you to build you, purify you, and elevate you. Your pain is not wasted. Your patience is not unnoticed. And your reward is guaranteed, because Allah never allows the tears of His beloved servants to fall without purpose.
Why Allah Allows Deep Spiritual Pain, A Wisdom Beyond Our Sight
Many people wonder why afflictions like evil eye, sihr, or jinn disturbances happen to good people. They pray, they fast, they try to live with purity, yet they experience such heavy spiritual pain. The truth is that spiritual afflictions are among the most intense tests, and Allah reserves intense tests only for those He wants to elevate in rank.
Allah says in the Qur’an: “Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.” (Qur’an 2:286).
This ayah is not simply a reassurance it is a declaration of Allah’s trust in you. When Allah chooses you for a hardship, it means He knows you can handle what many others cannot.
Sometimes, Allah pushes a believer into darkness so that they discover a light within themselves they never knew existed. A person may live years without knowing their spiritual strength, but one moment of hardship reveals it. Through sihr or jinn affliction, a believer learns patience, resilience, surrender, and a deep connection to Qur’an that they would never have developed otherwise. They begin to understand verses in a way others don’t they feel the Qur’an, not just recite it. The heart that once beat for dunya now beats for Allah. The soul that once depended on people now depends only on its Creator.
And sometimes, Allah allows an affliction not because of the person’s sins, but because of their future. Allah is shaping them into someone strong, capable, and spiritually awakened because He has written a destiny for them that requires spiritual training. This is why many who suffer spiritually become healers for others, guides for others, protectors for others, and deep believers whose voice shakes the unseen world. Allah trains His awliyaa’ through hardship.
Notice that Allah says “give glad tidings” right after mentioning tests. Why?
Because tests are not the end. They are the beginning of closeness. They are the beginning of elevation. They are the beginning of Allah’s special attention to a believer.
Pain Is a Message from Allah “Come Closer to Me”
Every suffering carries a message, and that message is always:
“Come closer to Allah.”
When life is easy, we walk.
When life is hard, we run to Allah.
And running to Allah is better for our heart than walking aimlessly in dunya.
Sometimes, Allah closes every door around you so that you finally notice the one door that never closes His.
Sometimes, Allah takes away people so that you stop relying on them and start relying on Him.
Sometimes, Allah lets you feel spiritual heaviness so that you break your pride, soften your heart, and return to sujood with sincerity.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah afflicts a slave with trials until He leaves him walking on the earth with no sin.” (Musnad Ahmad)
This is Divine love. Allah cleans your soul through pain so that when you stand before Him on the Day of Judgment, you stand pure.
The Hidden Protection In Hardship
Another deep wisdom behind spiritual afflictions is protection. Many people do not realize this, but sihr, evil eye, and jinn disturbances often occur to protect a person from something far worse. Sometimes a person falls sick or experiences spiritual pain only so that they avoid a sin, a relationship, a business, a friend, or a path that would have destroyed them.
The believer sees a burden. Allah sees protection.
The believer sees delay. Allah sees perfect timing.
The believer sees heartbreak. Allah sees purification.
Hardship filters your life removing harmful people, breaking ego, strengthening faith, and preparing you for something greater.
The Reality: Allah Never Leaves A Heart That Calls Upon Him
Even in the darkest moment, when a person feels abandoned, one thing never changes
Allah’s promise: “Indeed, my mercy encompasses all things.” (Qur’an 7:156)
Allah never walks away from a believer’s suffering. He never ignores a tear. He never leaves a dua unanswered. Sometimes the answer is delayed because Allah is waiting for the perfect moment. Sometimes He withholds something because He knows something better is coming.
And sometimes He tests a believer only to raise them to a rank in Jannah they could never reach through their deeds alone.
In a beautiful hadith, the Prophet ﷺ narrated that on the Day of Judgment, people who suffered in the world will be rewarded so much that those who lived comfortably will wish their lives were filled with hardship. This is the honor Allah gives to those who were patient.
Allah’s Tests Are Not Just Tests; They Are Signs of Selection
If Allah’s tests are not ordinary hardships; they are signs of selection. When Allah chooses a soul for a higher purpose, He does not begin with comfort. He begins with trials. These tests are not punishments but invitations silent, divine invitations into a level of nearness, strength, and inner awakening that ordinary hearts can never reach.
When Allah plans to elevate someone, He takes them through experiences that polish their soul, toughen their resolve, and cleanse their heart of impurities. A test is not a random storm; it is a divine training ground for souls destined for greatness.
What we call suffering, Allah calls preparation. Just as fire does not destroy gold but reveals its purity, tests do not weaken believers; they reveal the strength Allah placed inside them long before they ever knew it themselves. When someone faces spiritual afflictions evil eye, sihr, jinn disturbances they often think they have fallen because of weakness.
But in reality, Allah allows only selected souls to face the unseen world, because He wants to show them realities He doesn’t show to everyone. He wants to raise them to a station of spiritual clarity where they understand the world not only with their eyes, but with their heart. These intense hardships are not curses; they are a form of spiritual bootcamp where Allah trains a soul for a future role, a mission, or a level of awareness that would never be achieved in an easy life.
Pain is also Allah’s way of cutting distractions. When life is comfortable, the heart sleeps. But when hardships strike, the heart wakes up and searches for its true refuge Allah. The closest servants to Allah are often those who were broken, because brokenness made them fall into sujood, and sujood made them rise with faith that others can never taste.
Allah allows pain to certain souls because He wants them to discover Him in a way others never will. Some people find Allah through blessings; but the chosen ones find Him through wounds that healed only with dua, nights that only ended with patience, and days that were survived only through trust.
When Allah selects someone, He allows battles that ordinary people cannot survive. Everyone is given challenges, but the heaviest burdens are placed on the shoulders He intends to raise the highest.
The intensity of your pain is not a sign that Allah is displeased; it is a sign that He sees something in you that you do not yet see in yourself. It means Allah has looked into your heart and chosen it for endurance, for resilience, for a level of spiritual rank that must be earned through storms.
Sometimes, your trials are not even about you they are about what Allah wants to show others through you. Your patience becomes a lesson, your strength becomes a reminder, and your healing becomes a message that touches hearts without you even speaking. You become the ayah through which Allah guides others. This is another form of selection: Allah uses your survival to wake up hearts around you.
If Allah is testing you deeply, it is because He is preparing you quietly. He is strengthening you for responsibilities you don’t even know you’ll carry. He is building your heart for conversations you will one day have with people in pain.
He is giving you wisdom that can only be learned through wounds. He is shaping you into a source of comfort, a beacon of guidance, or a pillar of faith for someone else. Allah does not shape ordinary people through extraordinary tests. He shapes extraordinary people through painful refinements.
The truth is simple yet profound: Allah sees what the world cannot. He sees a heart capable of patience, a soul capable of rising above defeat, and a destiny capable of influencing others.
That’s why He selects you through tests. Your tears are not wasted. Your fight is not forgotten. Your wounds are not meaningless. They are the marks of a chosen servant a servant Allah is preparing, elevating, and loving in ways that only the tested can understand.
Spiritual Affliction Isn’t Ordinary Pain, It Is A Battle Of Souls
Spiritual affliction is not an ordinary kind of suffering. It does not resemble the pain of a broken heart, the stress of daily life, or the wounds caused by human actions. It is a battle that takes place beneath the surface of the physical world a battle of souls, faith, and unseen forces. When a person is struck by the evil eye, sihr, or jinn attacks, they are not simply experiencing emotional distress.
Their inner world becomes a battlefield where their soul is being tested, shaken, and challenged by forces they cannot see with their eyes but can feel intensely with their heart, body, and mind. This is why those going through spiritual affliction describe it as a unique kind of pain one that doesn’t follow logic, doesn’t heal with pills, and doesn’t disappear with rest.
This type of pain targets not just the body but the soul itself. It drains energy, suffocates the heart, disturbs sleep, and weakens a person from within. It touches the deepest layers of a human being their thoughts, their emotions, their spiritual clarity. It is not a fight of muscles but a fight of imaan.
It is the soul being confronted by forces that despise light, purity, sincerity, and closeness to Allah. In these moments, the afflicted person often feels isolated, misunderstood, and exhausted because the world only sees their outer condition while their inner battle remains hidden. This loneliness is part of the test, because spiritual battles are fought on the inside, where only Allah truly sees.
Yet, spiritual affliction is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign that the soul is valuable. Darkness attacks where it senses light. Sihr targets those whose destiny has weight. The evil eye strikes beauty, brilliance, blessings, and potential. Jinn try to disturb those whose hearts carry strength and spiritual sensitivity.
A thief does not break into an empty house. Likewise, shayateen do not attack an empty soul they attack a soul that threatens their world. This is why many who go through spiritual afflictions later discover a deeper purpose, a hidden strength, or a spiritual maturity that they did not possess before. Their pain became their awakening. Their suffering became the moment Allah guided them back to Himself in the most intimate way.
Every moment of spiritual affliction is a test of resilience, a war between whispers of despair and whispers of hope. It pushes a person to choose between collapsing or calling upon Allah. This battle forces the heart to decide whether it will surrender to darkness or cling even tighter to the rope of Allah.
And it is in this clinging this raw, desperate dependence that the soul rises. A person may cry, tremble, or feel weak, but in Allah’s sight, their soul is fighting, growing, and glowing with every verse they recite, every dua they whisper, every tear they shed in the night. What looks like defeat from the outside is often victory in the unseen.
In reality, spiritual affliction is not just a problem to escape it is a battlefield that shapes warriors of iman. Those who survive it do not remain the same. Their hearts soften, their intuition sharpens, their prayers deepen, and their connection with Allah becomes unbreakable.
They learn the difference between relying on people and relying on Al-Hafeedh, the Protector. They realize that every dark attack pushed them closer to the light of Allah. They understand that their soul was never fighting alone. Allah was guiding them, guarding them, and carrying them through a war that would have destroyed them if not for His mercy.
So, spiritual affliction is not ordinary pain it is a divine battlefield where Allah allows your soul to confront darkness so that you may discover your inner strength, awaken your faith, and rise to a level that comfort could never have taken you to. Those who fight through these storms emerge not as victims but as spiritually refined souls, chosen by Allah to understand the unseen, experience His protection, and carry wisdom that only warriors of the soul can carry.
The Souls That Walk-Through Darkness Carry A Light The World Cannot See
When a person goes through spiritual affliction evil eye, sihr, oppression of jinn they often believe they are standing in darkness. But what they do not realize is that Allah is crafting a light inside them that only the Heavens can witness. There are servants whom Allah purifies not through ease, but through a journey that forces their hearts to cling to Him in ways ordinary comfort never could.
These are the people whose du’as pierce the skies, whose sighs are recorded as worship, whose sleepless nights turn into shields of protection on the Day of Judgment. Their suffering is not a sign that they are forgotten; it is a sign that their souls are being refined for a rank many will never taste.
Spiritual pain changes a human being. It softens arrogance, it washes the heart from hidden sins, and it awakens a longing for Allah that cannot be imitated. There are moments in this path when you cannot explain your tears, when you feel disconnected from the world, when even your breath feels heavy yet Allah never leaves you for a single heartbeat.
While people see your symptoms, Allah sees your struggle. While others misunderstand, Allah prepares your reward. While the world only sees your exhaustion, the angels write down your perseverance with ink of honour.
And when Allah finally lifts the affliction, the person who emerges is not the same as the one who entered. Something transforms forever: your du’a becomes deeper, your tawakkul becomes steadier, your connection to Allah becomes unshakeable. What once hurt you now strengthens you. What once confused you now guides you. What once frightened you now reminds you that Allah carried you through a battlefield you could not survive alone.
So let this be your final comfort: pain that brings you closer to Allah is not a punishment it is a promotion of the soul. Your wounds will heal, your nights will brighten, and your heart will find a peace that no magician, no envy, no jinn, and no human being can ever take away. The One who tested you is the One who will raise you, protect you, and compensate you in ways beyond imagination.
May Allah turn every hidden battle into a doorway of mercy, every tear into light, and every hardship into a chapter of honor in your story. Ameen.
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