Why Me #11 Why Won’t Allah Answer Me

Omar Suleiman

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The importance of hardship and finding one's way out of the worst is crucial for success in art. A positive attitude towards one's life is also crucial. The speaker discusses the Prophet's stance on evil behavior and the importance of learning to be a good person. Ultimately, hardship leads to happiness and rewarded good behavior.

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Buried in your dissatisfaction, you often get advice to turn back to Allah

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pray to Him they say talk to him.

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He will make a way out for you they say, but you just have to ask more

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but then when you earnestly sit and pour your heart out

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Why does it feel sometimes like Allah isn't even listening to you?

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Why isn't your draft getting answered?

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Are you even worthy of being heard?

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Sandman forseeable the Allah Tada. And who narrates something beautiful. He says either cannot read through there and facil la semana Zilla to be hindered wa Tada. That if you have a person who is accustomed to making dua to Allah Subhana Allah to Allah in good times, and then he goes through a hardship and makes a DUA, as his voice travels through the heavens connoted melodica assault on my roof crush Pharaoh lo, the angel say amongst themselves, that's a familiar voice. Let's go intercede to Allah subhanho wa Taala on his behalf. But on the other hand, if a person is not accustomed to making your art and good times, Fenella to be he does a lot for that and then a hardship visited

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upon him. And he called out to Allah politan Marika. solten, Lisa B maruf. Well as ferroan Allahu the angels say to themselves, that's not a voice that we usually hear. And so they don't bother to intercede on his behalf.

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I want you to ask yourself, how often does your voice travel through the heavens? Is it only when your world starts falling apart? Maybe the best thing you can get out of it and hardship is a relationship with Allah that isn't dependent upon hardship in the first place.

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When Ibrahim Ali salaam had his hardest moment, he spoke of his Lord as an intimate friend that he already knew. And with such confidence, he said in Nairobi less than a year without a doubt, my Lord always hears my dear eyes, and ones that carry Yeah. And he said, I'm calling out to his Lord. He says, Well, I'm a combi dua Iike Rob Bishop, if you've never disappointed me before, with my Oh, my Lord. And you would think hearing that does that carry it? Saddam was a rich man with lots of palaces and children. But he was a carpenter in his 90s living a very simple life, while he and his wife never were able to have children. And with that, he says, You've never let me down Allah Allah.

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But how can that apply to you?

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You've taken your steps towards Allah.

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You've made your art with sincere hopes that it's going to be answered.

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And then you even make changes in your life.

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You strive harder, but temptation still comes your way. Your old sins seem to keep resurfacing like test after test.

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Didn't Allah say that one step towards him will cause him to come to you with speed.

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Why does it feel like the temptations are coming at you just as fast?

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And when you continue to try to not be deflated, and make reaching out to him a part of your regular routine? Sometimes your hardship seems to be endless. How is it that some people can still be so optimistic in the face of continuous hardship? Why don't I have that relationship with Allah? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said a dude who will be bad there is worship and you can't only worship Allah when times are tough. And one of the things that was so beautiful about him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was that if you saw him in sujood, for a long time crying and making dua, you wouldn't know if something really bad just happened to or something really good does happen to him,

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because both hardship and ease drove the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam to the same position of prostration and prayer.

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But for the rest of us, sometimes Allah prescribes the bitter medicine of hardship, so that perhaps we can wake up and perceive the very purpose of our existence.

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And just like sin can be a catalyst to come back to Allah. Hardship can be a catalyst to fall in love with him.

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And that relationship with Him is the greatest list you can get when calling upon him. Because before the removal of the hardship itself, we can feel this expansion in our chest as faith is renewed and settled within.

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But I turned to Allah and made your act to him. Shouldn't all of my problems actually go away? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said earlier Allah Allah and Tomoki Nona but ejabberd call upon Allah while you are certain in the answer. Well either Allah Kariba, the Agnetha in the curry. And when my servant asks about me, I am close. I respond to the call of the caller when he calls upon me. And that's why I modeled the low on who said I don't even worry about the response to my do is I just worry about the ability to make your app because I know that Allah will do his part. So the greatest outcome has already happened, which is a long overdue conversation between you and Allah.

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But did you know that the greatest reward is actually then waiting patiently for the response? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said settled law him in fugly he for in Allah azza wa jal you Hebrew and use were after the very bad enchilada for lunch. He said ask Allah for His bounties as Allah loves to be asked. And amongst the best acts of worship, is to patiently wait an expectation of relief. This as opposed to the person who the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Allah will answer until they say that oh to further Oh to fellow Musa Jubilee I prayed and I prayed, and he didn't answer me. Don't kill your DUA by losing hope because that do out from your human heart can

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literally change the world. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said lie your route to Cava Illa dura, well is easy to fall in love there. He said nothing repels the Divine Decree, but supplication and nothing increases a person's lifespan, except for good deeds. And there's a subtle wisdom in the scheme. Our most sincere do ask are usually when we're desperately trying to repel something. So nothing is going to remove an evil from you like a desperate. On the other hand, what usually holds us back from spending our time and money and doing good is that we think we're missing out on something that's better in life, but nothing actually increases our time and sustenance like those

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good deeds themselves. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying that that repels bad decree, and good deeds increase good decree, but what's bad and good anyway, one of the beautiful things about your app is that it's not limited to your request that comes from your limited perceptions of your own life and what you think is best for you. So Allah doesn't answer you in the way that you want. But he always answers you in the way that you need. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that Allah can answer in one of three ways. He can answer your your app by quickly fulfilling your supplication or he can store it for you in the Hereafter, or he can remove an

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equivalent evil to it. So he can respond to your do about passing an exam. By averting a calamity that could have claimed one of your loved ones. He can respond to your drought for a job interview by giving you an even better job. He can respond to your drought for cure with unimaginable rewards in the next life that would make you wish that he never answered to do out for you in this dunya but you can sincerely call upon Allah to change an outcome unless you're willing to give up your own false sense of control. Or even worse, the sins that are blocking your grace. Ibrahim Rahim Allah was once asked, What is wrong with us that we make dua and we receive no answer. And Ibrahim

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responded, he says it is because you know Allah and you do not OBEY Him. You know the messenger and you do not follow Him. You know the Quran and you do not act according to it. You eat from the blessings of Allah and you do not thank him for it. You know paradise and you do not seek it. You know hellfire and you do not flee from it. You know the shaytaan and you do not fight him instead you follow him, you know death and you do not prepare for it. You bury the dead and you do not learn from it. You ignore your faults and you busy yourself with the faults of others. Natural tileable Rebecca betta according my blog, when I can pile up enough suck betta aquity Atterberg Do not press

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claims against your Lord because your request has been delayed.

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Instead press claims against yourself for lacking in your behavior. If we can lift the barriers to Allah's mercy, then we can open ourselves up to the possibilities of our do. Do is the strongest means that delivers on your deepest needs, your highest ambitions and your wildest dreams. Every day is either taking you somewhere or taking you away from something

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so when you see the people who struggle seem tougher than yours, and wonder about

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How they still double down in sincerity.

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Try to emulate that connection and remember that you are calling upon a Lord even more merciful to you than your parents. Who knows even better than you? What is best for you?

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Perhaps what you needed to learn this whole time was patience from the one who was patient with your absent voice.

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It may be that Allah accepted your prayer, even though it came after years of ignoring him. So accept his decree with you even if it doesn't make sense for years to come. Because if Allah has not heard you call out to him for so long. How can you be so hasty and demanding his response right now? But just know that he gave you a chance to make your app because he wants to decree in your favor. And that's how up luckily Santa Clara Tala farlan Anna, who you read you and your click, anytime he allows your tongue to move in prayer, know that it's because he wants to give you something in response, but do as many phases and many steps along the way. The first step is you just learning to

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talk to Allah. But now you need to learn to trust him. Because on the way to the answer of your DUA, you're going to stumble a few times, all for your own good.

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