But God -due to His vast knowledge of the reality of the...

But God -due to His vast knowledge of the reality of the request of his servant- responds differently to such a request. In other words, so many are times when we like and demand something from God but in actual fact, such things are disastrous to us. Likewise, we may dislike a thing but such a thing is beneficial to us.

The Qur’an says: “… it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows while you do not know [14] .” And upon this background, if God knows that what is being requested by a supplicant (unknowingly) would bring loss and calamity to him, then, in that case, the acceptance of his supplication would be not to grant his request,…