Mahmud al-Alusi

What's so bad about that? And so what's even the issue? What's even the problem? But the wisdom of this particular test, and again, we don't necessarily have something authentically narrated or explicitly stated, but [clears throat] some of the great scholars, they did reflect upon this and they discussed it.

And one of the things that has been narrated is, um, a great scholar of tafsir, Al-Imam Al-Alusi Rahimahullahu Ta'ala in Ruhul Ma'ani.

He narrates on the authority of Ibn Abi Hatim that Sayyidina Abdullah bin Abbas radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, the companion of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said that the wisdom of the test was exactly in someone's capability to be able to endure hardship.

It's acknowledging, the test itself is acknowledging, yes, you are tired, you are fatigued, you are exhausted, you are thirsty, you are hungry, all of those things.

But Allah reminds us even in those moments, and surely to our Lord we will return.

Imam Al-Alusi says, meaning we are returning to Him.

The verse indicates that a rider should reflect upon the journey he is undertaking and allow it to remind him of the far greater journey, which is the return to Allah the Most High.

He should therefore conduct himself throughout his journey with that return in mind and avoid anything that contradicts it.