On the Bright Side – A Positive Approach to the Negatives in Life

The thorns in life are many in number and varied in form. The loss of jobs or income… marital discord… family strife… the loss of loved ones… robberies and hijackings… the suffering of sickness… – these are just some of the many challenges and calamities that befall people in life.

Indeed, in trying times, it is easy to lose hope and fall into despondency (especially when entire families and communities are afflicted, and the suffering is widespread, such as in the case of the Coronavirus). However, this will only happen if we allow ourselves to fixate on the thorns. Let us instead look for the roses among the thorns – by looking “On the Bright Side”

This book was prepared to lift our spirits, bolster our courage and soothe the pain of our suffering by showing us the Islamic perspective that one should adopt when beset by tragedies and calamities, thus allowing us to open our eyes to those beautiful ‘roses’.

It should be borne in mind that this book was prepared by gathering and collating separate articles, incidents, etc. which were prepared by our team of ‘Ulama on different occasions. Thus, each chapter and article is independent and does not necessarily continue from the preceding chapter or article, or flow on to the succeeding chapter or article.