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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fifty Lessons on Principles of Belief for Youths Lesson 15: Once Again the Philosophy of Signs and Catastrophes Because of the fact that a discussion about signs, catastrophes, sudden events and unpleasant events is a very difficult and complicated one and is most often discussed in the area of ontology and monotheism we are obligated to the student to study this issue further from another point of view which is more readily understandable by the general reader.
Difficulties and Ups and Downs give Spirit to Life Perhaps it is difficult for some people to understand that if life was only filled with blessings, it would lose its value.
It has been proven today that if you place an object in the middle of a room, and you give it a strong, uniform light from all directions and the object and the room both be completely smooth, we will not be able to see the object because when shadows are placed next to light, the dimension of the form is made clear and the shadow separates the object from the light and then we can see it. The value of the gifts of life as well as the weak or strong shadows of difficulties cannot be seen.
If throughout life, there were no such thing as sickness; the pleasure of health would never be sensed. Following a night of a high fever and the morning dawn, when the fever breaks, the memory of such a night, when one regains one’s health and thinks back on that night of fever and pain, one realizes what a jewel good health is. In general, a uniform kind of life, even the most comfortable kind of life is tiresome, spiritless and death like.
It has often been seen that individuals, because of a comfortable life, empty of any kind of difficulties, find it so boring that they attempt to commit suicide or else they continuously complain about their life. You will find no architect with taste who will design the walls of a large room to be totally smooth and uniform. Rather, he carves curves and lines into it. Why is the world of nature so beautiful?
Why is the view of jungles which fill the sides of mountains and streams with twists and turns among the small and large trees so interesting and attractive? One reason is the lack of uniformity. The order of light and darkness and the coming and going of day and night which the Holy Qur’an emphasizes in various verses, has a great effect upon ending any kind of a tiresome life of human beings, why?