The poverty within your soul
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Jumuah Mubarak to our dear brothers and sisters.
Have you heard about the void that lingers in your heart? One could have accumulatedwealth, achieved success and status, and/or found comfort in the security of their homes, jobs, and families.
You could even possess the entire world and all its riches. And yet, as Ibn Qayyim says, an undeniable emptiness endures. What, then, could truly fill this persistent void?
In it is a void that_cannot be filled except by His love, turning to Him, always remembering Him, and being sincere to Him_.
Ibn Qayyim
Our wealth, power,status, or whatever else holds us slaves to this dunya (worldly life) willnever give us true success and everlasting peace. Ustadh Tariq explains that our ultimate success lies in the purpose of our creation. We were only created to worship Him (Qur'an 51:56).
But, don't equate all the prayers, charity, and repentance done for Allah the Exalted as Him being in need of it. Far from it!Whether we do many good deeds or bad deeds, it affects Him not. Because, He is Al Ghani - One completely free from need.
Rather, the impact of our worship is only upon us. The One without Need knows what we truly are in need of.
Ohumanity! It is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah alone is the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.
Quran 35:15
Recognize how direly we are in need of Allah. See the reality of the poverty of our souls. Only thencan we fully grasp the riches of being a servant of Allah.
Make Allah all of your cares and He will in turn take care of all your cares. He will alleviate your burdens and free you from the chains that keep you weighed down.
Nothing compels Him nor does He owes us anything.
And, yet, He answers our fervent prayers. He bestows us with blessings. Know that all of this is purely out of His Mercy, His Generosity. Alhamdulillah.
Dont let this dunya busy your heart and your actions causing you to drift away from the One whom you are in need of. Instead, Allah tells us to busy ourselves with worship, and He willfill your heart with riches and alleviate your poverty. (Tirmidhi 2466).
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