Virtue in Something
You Disapprove of

The Quran states, “You may think of something offensive but that is good for you, while you may like something but that may be bad for you.” (2:216)

This verse deals with all matters of life. People usually look at things in terms of appearances; they start liking something because of outward attractiveness and reject what is not attractive in terms of appearance. But in reality, this is not the right way of judging things. It often happens that something does not look good in appearance, but in reality, it is beneficial for man. On the contrary, something might appear to be good, but its result will not be good. A man should not judge things by superficial appearances, but he should look at things in terms of deeper realities and judge accordingly.