Contentment

BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Assalaamu alaykum

I pray that you are well.

Allah is all Thankful and all Knowing. He will reward you for your good deeds. He is the only One who can reward you in the Hereafter. He knows your deeds, whether you remember them or not. He remembers your deeds better than you do, and He preserves them and He will let you see them in the Day of Judgment--even the banana peel that you had picked up from an aisle of a supermarket which prevented an old man from stepping on it and slipped. All you need to do is be thankful to Him and have iman. Don't look at the hands that move but look at the Power behind the movement, la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, and be thankful that you have your hands. Use them for what they are created for--to worship Him--this is gratitude, being thankful. Same with your other body parts--don't misuse them--for this is ingratitude, being not thankful.

"Why should Allah punish you if you are thankful and believe? Allah is All-Thankful, All-Knowing." Qur'an Annisa 4:147

If you truly understand this, it will guide you to sincerity (ikhlas). You won't feel a need to show off your good deeds. Why would you want to show your good deeds to His creation, those who know but cannot compensate you in your next life. If you truly understand this, it will drive you towards hope and protect you against despair. You will enter into the world of contentment. InshaAllah.

"Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises, none shall bind as He binds. 'O soul at peace, return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing! Enter thou among My servants! Enter thou My Paradise!' Qur'an Al-Fajr 89:25-30

May Allah make us among those who are content and well-pleased and well-pleasing with Him. Ameen.

And Allah knows best.

Wassalaam