Disasters and Calamities

 Disasters and calamities are a test of the believer’s patience.

Calamities happen for many reasons. When you are going through a hardship you should not ask questions or be impatient. Instead, you should be patient and say "Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return". Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un  (Arabic: إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ‎).

“Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said, ‘When (will come) the Help of Allah?’ Yes! Certainly, the Help of Allah is near!”

[al-Baqarah 2:214]