'Do not rejoice at wealth and luxury, nor dread poverty and ordeal; for verily gold is tested by the fire and the believer is tested by an ordeal.' Do you suppose that you shall enter Paradise though there has not yet come to you the like of [what befell} those who went before you? Stress and distress befell them and they were convulsed until the apostle and the faithful who were with him said, 'When will Allah's help [come}?' Look! Allah's help is indeed near!'