Mufti Menk – I Need Paradise, How Do I Get it

Allah is merciful. He's kind. He knows you.

He knows your struggles. He knows your uniqueness.

He knows your trials. Sometimes a person appears

to be very very close to Allah. They

have struggles.

Their struggles are hidden from others.

They know what they are working on in

terms of eradicating their bad habits. A dark

habit you may have. It happens. We are

human beings. You may have something, if it

were to be exposed to the masses you

would probably be embarrassed. If it were to

be exposed to your own spouse you might

be embarrassed. So it's between you and Allah.

Allah knows it, you know it. Work on

it.

Work on it. You can do better, you

will do better, you shall do better. Because

there are so many other things that you

need from the same Allah whom you're transgressing

against.

One of the most important things is Jannah.

I need paradise.

How do I get it? Well, look on

earth there are so many distractions.

Allah didn't say you won't be distracted.

He says there are distractions, they will be

powerful.

Abstain, stay away. Wherever you've fallen, come back

quickly.

That's what happened to Adam

wherever he fell, he came back.

But there was one major fall, that's it.

After that he realized he recognized the devil

as well. He said, you know what? Shaitan

is going to come to me and make

me go far away from the one I

need the most.

So Allah Almighty

has given us revelation to remind us and

to tell us.