بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Everyday our hearts and our thoughts are filled with everything but not (much) Allah. We think about our work, our children, our spouses, our next shopping, our next vacation, our bills, our plans for our next big event of our lives, why people do this to me, what if this and this, what if people say this or that, ...., and we keep forgetting Allah.
Is there something else more precious than Allah, more beautiful than Allah, more knowledgeable than Allah, more powerful than Allah? Is there anyone who can take away things from you without Allah letting it be; hurt you or pain you without Allah allowing it; give you good without Allah wanting it for you? If He takes your sight away, is there somebody who can give it back to you? SubhanAllah.
Now that you know that Allah is the One who does all these, why are you always thinking about people and not the Lord of people. We should be afraid that Allah will ask us in Day of Judgment about this--was there anything greater than Him that we remembered the creation and we forgot the Creator?
We should really try to get to a point where we say, "O Allah, your contentment is my only goal, my only sorrow." It was said that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that the one who makes from his sorrows (illness, financial, marital...) only one sorrow and this is the encounter of Allah, then Allah will take his sorrows for his account and then he will prosper.
"Surely those who say, 'Our Lord is God' and then go straight, no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow. Those are the inhabitants of Paradise, therein dwelling forever, as a recompense for that they have been doing" Qur'an al-Ahqaf 46:14
"This is an exposition for mankind, and a guidance, and an admonition for such as are godfearing. Faint not, neither sorrow; you shall be the upper ones if you are believers." Qur'an AleImran 3:138-139
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri and Abu Huraira, Allah be well pleased with them: The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that." Bukhari
May Allah bring us closer to Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
Wassalaam
