Everything will work out in the end. You don’t need to know how. You just have to trust that it will.

My Lord, I am in absolute need of the good you send me.

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

1. Gaining beauty

2. Glory in the hearts of people

3. Support and protection from others If he was hurt

4. Protection of his honour if he was slandered

5. Answering his supplication and being close to Allah

6. Close to the Angels and being far from the Satans among the humans and the jinn

7. People will compete to serve him and fulfil his needs and to gain his love and company

8. He will not fear death but he will be happy to meet Allah and receive His reward

9. The world will be low in his eyes while the Hereafter will be great

10. He will seek the greatest property, supreme achievement in the Hereafter

11. Tasting the sweetness of obedience

12. Sweetness of faith

13. Supplications of the angels that carry the Throne and the other angels around him

14. Happiness of the two angels that are recording his deeds, and their supplications

15. An increase in knowledge, understanding and faith

16. Loving Allah

17. Longing to meet Him and happiness at his repentance

18. Allah will reward him with happiness and joy that are not even close to the happiness experienced when committing sins

The heart is that which changes. Ya mo’alab el qoloob, thabet qalbe. يا مقلب القلوب، ثبت قلبي.

Glad tidings to those who humble themselves, and patient over what is afflicted with them. 

In the remembrance of Allah comes the tranquility of the heart.

Taqwa: shift direction/focus from self to Allah which is the make or break point. Where is your heart?

Islam is what is manifested on the outward. The eman is something that is in the heart. The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) pointed to his chest three times and said; “taqwa is here, taqwa is here, taqwa is here.”

فالحب العظيم لا يقرأ إلا كتابه .. ولا يصدق إلا نفسه ..