Allah jalla wa ‘ala says: “Seek help by (i) being patient and (ii) the prayer – though this is hard indeed for anyone but the humble.” (2:45) There are so many people out there who pray and are patient and think, “Wow, I pulled it off. I must be from the ‘humble’. It’s not that difficult to have “khushu’” after all is it?” Oh really? Actually your belief that you properly pulled it off, IS your proof that you didn’t pull it off properly. You are your own living evidence that it is just as hard as Allah tells us it is. Only a fool would stand and pray, and think they’re being patient against hardship and being patient in obedience to Allah, and suddenly think they’ve clocked it all. If you *really* had sought help in patience and prayer, you’d realise that you’re nearly always off the standard and that you need to do more, and better. This isn’t to depress anyone but seriously the level of religiosity amongst modern Muslims is *so* poor, despite levels of activism being *so* high, that it really scares me. We have so far to go to achieving just the deeni levels of our PARENTS, forget about those who are really special such as the ‘Ulema and Awliya’ that it’s really scary. But you must never give up. Keep striving folks, especially at blessed times like now so that you can learn the habit. Just don’t kid yourself, that’s all. AE
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:24:34 +0000
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