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Dear teacher, in the Qur’anic Messages, your commentary on verse 109 of Sūrat al-Anʿām says that a person should not expose themselves to divine testing.
Tests are usually set by the one who administers them—in this case, God—and we have no control over that. So how is it that we should not expose ourselves to these tests?
We are constantly subject to God’s tests, and there is no escaping them. Verse 109 of Sūrat al-Anʿām does not mean that we should avoid putting ourselves to the test. Rather, we should ask God to grant us success in meeting His tests.
This cannot be inferred from verse 109 of Surah al-An‘am.
Human beings are constantly put to the test by God, and there is no escaping it!
It is not right for a person to choose the kind of test they will face; rather, they should ask God to grant them success in passing His tests.