Let's Read Surah Kahf Today (Friday) -- Get Over It

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Assalaamu alaykum

All human beings want something. And we want want want. We have endless wants. Allah, Exalted is He, says, everybody who wants something is weak and whatever they want is also weak.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ ﴿٧٣﴾ مَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ ﴿٧٤

O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued. (73) They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might. (74) [Quran, Al-Hajj 22:73-73]

You are programmed to be weak because of something you want. If somebody really wants something and he can't get it, he can lose his mind. An example--A woman who is obsessed to marry a man. What happen if on the day before the wedding, the man dies or cancels the wedding? She will collapse. She won't be able to think straight anymore. You want the best for your children. We want health, safety and security for our children. If something happens to our children, we can literally lose our minds. That's how near and dear they are to our hearts.

The more wanting you become of stuff, the weaker you get as a person. That's what happen to our children-- they can't survive five minutes away from their phones. They can't breathe. The same is true to many of us adults. We can't survive without our phones and internet/WIFI. The first think you look for when you get up in the morning is your phone, not Quran. You become that weak. This is the nature of human being. This tells us where depression and sadness come from. You can't get over it. This is the weakness of human being.

In Surah Kahf, we are reminded,

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَو‌ٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا ﴿٤٦

Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope. (46) [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:46]

‏اللهم إني أسألك حبك، وحب من يحبك، والعمل الذي يبلغني حبك، اللهم اجعل حبك أحب إلى من نفسي، وأهلي، ومن الماء البارد

O Allah! I ask You for Your Love, the love of those who love You, and deeds which will cause me to attain Your Love. O Allah! Make Your Love dearer to me than myself, my family and the cold water.

Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam