Five reasons why Allah tests you 1. To DIRECT you. Sometimes Allah must light a fire under you to get you moving. problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is Allah trying to get your attention? "Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways." 2. To CORRECT you. Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It's likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove.... but you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something...health, money, a relationship....by losing it. "It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws." 3. To PROTECT you. A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem- but it saved...