"We said, "Go down from here, all of you. Then, should some guidance come to you from Me, those who follow My guidance shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve." (Surah Al-Baqarah:38)

This verse promises two great rewards to those who follow divine guidance -  they will have no fear, and they will not grieve.

خوف (Fear) is the worry and apprehension about some future or hardship falling upon a person. حزن (Grief) is the sadness arising from something valuable, or from one's failure in attaining a desired goal.

This verse implies that only Men of God or the saints who follow divine guidance in all its details can be totally free from all sense of loss. No man, whether an emperor or a billionaire, can be free from loss and grieving as there is no human being who doesn't experience a loss event or does not get a disappointment in life in something happening in their life against their wishes. It is only the 'friends of Allah' who totally submit their desires and wishes to the will of Allah, and that is why nothing happens in this world which is against their wishes.

Adapted from Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE