You won't know how sweet something is until you've tasted its bitter opposite

Ibnul Qayyim rahimahullah said: «من كمالِ إحسانِ الربِّ - تعالى - أن يُذيقَ عبده مرارةَ الكسرِ قبل حلاوةِ الجبرِ ! . كما أنّه سُبحانه وتعالى لمّا أراد أن يُكمّل لآدم نعيمَ الجنّة ؛ أذاقه مرارةَ خروجه منها ، ومُقاساةِ هذه الدّارِ الممزوجِ رخاؤها بشدّتها ! . فما كسرَ عبده المُؤمن إلّا ليجبُرَه ، ولا منعه إلّا ليُعطيه ، ولا ابتلاه إلا ليُعافيه ، ولا أماته إلا ليُحييه ، ولا نغّصَ عليه الدُّنيا إلّا ليُرغِّبَه في الآخرةِ ، ولا ابتلاه بجفاءِ النّاسِ إلّا ليرُدّه إليه!» "From the perfection of Allāh's kindness—exalted be He—is that He causes His servant to taste the bitterness of being broken before granting him the sweetness of being mended. Just as when He, Glorified and Exalted, intended to complete Adam's enjoyment of Paradise, He first made him taste the bitterness of being expelled from it and endure the hardships of this world, which is a mixture of ease and difficulty. Thus, He does not break His believing servant except to mend him, nor does He withhold from him except to give to him, nor does He test him except to heal him, nor does He cause him to die except to bring him to life, nor does He make this world bitter for him except to make him long for the Hereafter, and He does not afflict him with the harshness of people except to draw him back to Himself." [مختصر الصّواعق المرسلة(٧٤٤)] Source: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDlIsw6BIEcpVCHOl3v