In My Glow Up Era

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If God has decided your struggle is what is saving you from losing your connection to Him, then :

only going back to him

will solve the hardship.

I need you to let this sink in:

Maybe you struggle with marriage, or health, or wanting kids, maybe financially you’re feeling overwhelmed, or maybe you’ve been having a hard time achieving a goal, career wise or like losing weight, or whatever has been hard for you

It does not matter what you do, no amount :

of discipline or motivation,

of budgeting,

of side hustles,

of science,

of perfect diets and gruesome workouts,

no matter how much you put yourself out there

or work on yourself

or establish perfect bulletproof step by step plan

If the struggle’s purpose is to bring👏🏼 you 👏🏼back👏🏼 to 👏🏼God 👏🏼

THE STRUGGLE WILL *STAY* UNTIL YOU 👏🏼 GO 👏🏼 BACK 👏🏼 TO 👏🏼 GOD 👏🏼

So listent to me very well right now, if you dont learn your lesson: the lesson will keep hitting you. Harder and harder until it sticks.

And that’s the best case scenario.

Worst case scenario? The struggles stop.

Oof.

You got everything you want in life but you are disconnected from your Lord more than ever? This is a ⚠️ danger zone ⚠️. If God has stopped trying you while you have drifted the furthest away from Him than you ever did… You should be scared. Run back to Him, ask Him to bring you closer to Him, beg Him to not give up on you.

Now if you’re still in the struggle. Remember this:

Fix. Your. Foundation.

If your foundation in life –which is your devotion and worship to God– is in shambles then you need to refocus on rebuilding and strengthening that foundation before thinking of building anything on it.

- Do your prayers on time

- Read your book daily

- Go to your place of worship weekly

- Give to charity

- Fast

- Stay connected with your religious community.

And watch how everything becomes much easier.

How everything sets into place. How doors opens and problems solve. Your goals? Achieved. Your worries? Gone. Your life? On track.

And trust me this is a lesson I myself had to learn. That I keep learning and relearning over and over again. But you know what? Nothing is more human.

(I’m going to address my muslim brothers and sisters now but feel free to stay:)

If you feel so far away, guilty or beyond redemption; please remember this hadith qudsi (a hadith in which Allah conveys His words through the Prophet ﷺ).

The full narration is reported in both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim:

Allah swt the Exalted says:

“I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me to himself, I remember him to Myself. If he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than it. If he draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him an arm’s length. If he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.”

And please, please, please don’t forget how Allah is the Most Merciful. He loves to forgive. He does not tire to forgive. And the more you ask the more He loves you for it.

He doesn’t respond to your thousandth “please forgive me” with exasperation but with JOY.

He rejoices that you came back repentant and asking for forgiveness. This is the beauty of Allah swt and His Mercy. He is Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim, Al Wadud, Al Ghafur, Al ‘Afuw!

There are so many verses and hadiths that tirelessly remind us of this:

“Allah is more joyful at the repentance of His servant than one of you who finds his lost camel in a barren desert.” - Reported in Sahih Muslim.

“O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and then you were to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you and I would not mind.” - Hadith Qudsi reported by Jami’ at-Tirmidhi.

“And Allah loves those who constantly repent and loves those who purify themselves.”- (2:222)

“Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’” - (39:53)

“And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?”- (15:56)

“Your Lord has prescribed mercy upon Himself.” - (6:54)

“Indeed, My mercy encompasses all things.” - (7:156)

“My mercy prevails over My wrath.” - Hadith Qudsi reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.

May Allah grant us all forgiveness and ease in our affairs, may He be in control and command all our affairs and not let us at helm of them even for the blink of an eye. InchAllah, Allahuma ameen.

Allahumma innaka ’afuwwun tuhibbul-‘afwa fa’fu ’anni.

Allahumma innaka ’afuwwun tuhibbul-‘afwa fa’fu ’anni.

Allahumma innaka ’afuwwun tuhibbul-‘afwa fa’fu ’anni.

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🩵 Fast the day if you are not performing Hajj

The Prophet ﷺ said fasting Arafah expiates the sins of the previous year and the coming year.

(Sahih Muslim)

🩵 Make lots of dua

This is one of the best days of the year to ask Allah for everything: forgiveness, rizq, healing, marriage, guidance, peace, children, success, relief, Jannah. Nothing is too small or too big.

🩵 Increase dhikr

Especially but not limited to: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illa Allah

And mostly: “La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer.”

For the Prophet ﷺ said: “The best dua is the dua of the Day of Arafah.”(Tirmidhi)

🩵 Pray sincerely

Take your time with your prayers. Pray extra sunnah prayers if you can. Make tawbah. Sit with Allah like He is your closest confident and protector because He is.

🩵 Read Quran

Even a few pages with reflection are valuable.

🩵 Give charity

Even a small amount.

🩵 Reach out and mend relationships if needed

Sometimes one sincere apology or forgiveness changes everything.

Prophets’ duas for Arafah

🩵 For forgiveness - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ when asked for the best dua of Laylat Al-Qadr:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ العَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّ

Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa’fu ‘anni.

“O Allah, You are Most Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me.”

🩵 For rizq (including marriage, work, childrn) - Prophet Moses (AS) when he had nothing:

َبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqeer.

“My Lord, I am truly in need of whatever good You send down to me.”

🩵 For anxiety and hardship - Prophet Abraham (AS) when he was thrown in the fire:

َسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيل

HasbunAllahu wa ni’mal wakeel.

“Allah is sufficient for us and the best disposer of affairs.”

🩵 For guidance and goodness - Quranic dua:

َبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّار

Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah wa fil-akhirati hasanah wa qina ‘adhab an-nar.

“Our Lord, grant us good in this life and good in the Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”

🩵 For ease in all affairs - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلً

Allahumma la sahla illa ma ja’altahu sahla wa anta taj’alul hazna idha shi’ta sahla.

“O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You can make hardship easy if You will.”

🩵 When you have strayed - Prophet Yunus (AS) in the whale after leaving the city he was supposed to guide:

َا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِين

La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu mina-z-zalimeen.

“There is no deity except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I was among the wrongdoers.”

🩵 When apprehending a task/test or when you need to make yourself heard - Prophet Moses (AS) asking help before confronting Pharaoh:

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي

Rabbi ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri.

“My Lord, expand my chest and make my task easy for me.”

🩵 When needing patient while going through hardship - Prophet Jacob (AS) when losing Joseph (AS):

فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Fasabrun jameel, wallahul musta‘anu ‘ala ma tasifoon.

“So patience is most fitting. And Allah is the One sought for help regarding what you describe.”

And remember: