Many of us desire the quick-fix. We look at all the great problems around us and may feel hopeless. Perhaps in our spiritual journey, we feel that we are not progressing as we like, and so we give up. We may get angry at a bad behavior of people. But any victory must come with patience.
When Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) and his followers were nearly defeated, Allah’s Prophet did not doubt His promise. He trusted Allah so much, he knew deep inside that He would never let him down. When facing the sea and Pharaoh’s approaching...
When we place too much hope in tomorrow, we risk dangerous outcomes. We can start to feel entitled to a certain future that may not come. We can become bitter when the future we hoped for does not happen. And we can miss out on enjoying the blessings in the here and now.
After your best efforts, accept whatever happens. You should believe that Allah, out of His wisdom, may decide to supersede all your plans for reasons that only He knows. Remind yourself that believing in al-Qadr (divine decree) is one of the pillars of your...
It's important for us to never give up. You don't know how close you are to the end. Imagine a person digging a tunnel for example and right when they are near the end, they suddenly give up thinking that, “I don't know how long this is going to carry on for.” Had they carried on for a minute longer, they would have broken through.
My heart was swollen with sorrow and there was no other way to relieve the pain than to simply make wudu, sit on my prayer mat and cry. No one on earth was able to soothe me or give me any answers that would ease the pain. Only Allah could do that.
The message from Abraham's life is simple- the love of Allah trumps all other loves- love for his wife, love for a son, love for life (interestingly all halal sources of love). He was willing to keep his wife and son in the middle of a desert, all because Allah asked Him to.
Do not be discouraged by your countless sins. Even if they are as much as the ocean foam, God will not mind forgiving them all for you as long as you turn to Him repentantly and hurry your steps for His Mercy and Pardon. Past ingratitude should be no barrier to sincere repentance.
Allah has created the future and understands intimately what it holds, just as He has created our past and present. Even though Allah knows and has ordained what will happen in the future, we still have free will in the present. We have the will to choose...
Allah loves you just for trying. Allah loves you just for the effort. And if you think about how beautiful and profound that is, then it actually helps you to repent and helps you to make dua. So there is a very beautiful explanation for this verse from the spiritual...
What is the least a person will have in Paradise? The answer is found in a hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim. Prophet Moses ibn Imran (peace be upon him) asked Allah about who is the one who has the least in Paradise? He’s informed that he is a man who...
Allah doesn’t just say, “Don’t be sad”, He actually went to the root cause; the root cause was some kind of failure, some kind of disappointment that kind of wore you down, and it started taking away your own confidence, your own belief that you can actually do better…
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