If Allaah wishes goodness for any person, He تعالى guides him to one of the two:

1️⃣ He تعالى guides him towards doing good deeds

2️⃣ Or He تعالى prevents him from doing bad deeds

1️⃣ When Allaah تعالى wants to have mercy on a person, He تعالى reminds him of Allaah’s Mercy. And this encourages the person to be compassionate, and to work towards Allaah’s Mercy, so that Allaah has Mercy on him, as the Prophet ﷺ said:

وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ

❝and Allaah bestows His mercy only on those of His slaves who are merciful (to others)❞

📚 [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]

And in another narration, he ﷺ said:

وَلاَ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِلَّا الرُّحَمَاءَ

❝And Allaah does not bestow His Mercy, except on the merciful among His slaves.❞

📚 [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]

2️⃣ And in oppose to this, if a person intends to take revenge or harm or malign someone, or take something unlawfully, then Allaah تعالى reminds him of His punishment, wrath, etc. So, when a person is reminded of Allaah’s punishment and wrath, it prevents him from acting unjustly towards others or harming them or maligning them, or from taking things unlawfully. Because a person knows that he is going to meet Allaah, and irrespective of how strong he is, he cannot bear the punishment of Allaah.

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