Shadee Elmasry – Why Doesn’t My Prayer Get Answered
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A man who woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep is unable to open a door and use his appearance as a guide to convince people to stay and help others. He uses his appearance as a guide to convince people to stay and receive a gift from God. A woman describes how she has been working hard to get rid of her past spiritual experiences and wonders where she will come back. She is praying every day and wonders where she will come back.
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I wrote a story, believe it or not, I never wrote short stories.
But I wrote a short story. One day in the middle of the night I woke
up, I couldn't sleep. And the short story came to my mind. It's
a metaphor, of course, right? It's an allegory, it's not really hard
to find out that it's an allegory, right? But it's on the blog. But
it's a metaphor about a man whose dua is never answered. He goes to
the Door of Allah, and his door is never answered. But he's like,
that's weird, because I put in all the effort. Why is my dog never
answered? Everyone else, doors opening for them. And their
drawers answered, and they're leaving happy, go back to their
village, fill of riches. All I want is the door to open for me. I
did everything. I don't understand why it's not opening. It says so
he says to himself, maybe. Maybe Allah was not pleased something
about me he's not right. So he starts looking back and crying.
And then he sees he sees an old person, far away from the Door of
Allah, crawling so slowly, and he says, Oh, he's going to take
forever to get to the dorm, Allah. Right. I says, Hold on a second.
Maybe if I help him, Allah will love me and forgive my sins.
Whatever it may be something about me is not is missing. But if I
help somebody, maybe Allah loves that person, if I help that person
alone, love me. So he goes, and the old man is crying, he's on my
whole life. I've been struggling. I needed your help. He carries a
man on his back. So maybe Allah will love me if I do this. He puts
the old man right in front of the Door of Allah. I says, hopefully,
now, the door will open for me. Nothing happened. Okay, maybe
more. Maybe I need to help another person. He looks back. There's
another old lady, far away, goes helps her carries him, carries her
on his back puts her in front of a door of Allah. Then he realized
Hold on.
If I was suffering, Elena, were no I shouldn't say this. But if I was
viewing this, I wouldn't if this is how I react to my daughter not
being answered. I wouldn't answer it either. Because every time this
happens, I keep helping other people realize maybe that's the
reason. Maybe that hunger of that door not opening up, has forced me
to go back and help other people to try to please my Creator. Maybe
this is my mission in life.
So he travels now every day he goes out, goes out over the
mountain, and through the woods to help these people. Hey, guys, I've
been there. I've been to the Door of Allah. I've seen it open for
many people. I can take you any guides, he becomes a guide. He
keeps going back every day he keeps going back, he sleeps, he
wakes up, he goes out again. He says, Hey, who's coming to Georgia
law come? Then he says these people thought if people can guide
you if you're already convicted, what about the people who are not
convinced at all? Right? He starts going to people who had given up a
long time ago and set up shop and raise a new generation who don't
even know that there's a Door of Allah and His people. What are you
doing? There is a door of Allah nada, we heard about that we got
lost, we can't find it. There's no such thing. There is a such thing
just because you couldn't find it doesn't mean there isn't such
thing. I was there.
And he starts convincing, I started taking the youth come,
come go this way go, this is gonna happen a line is gonna come out
here, then there's gonna be a ditch here, then there's gonna be
a desert here. And it's gonna take a long time. But be patient, I'll
walk you through it. And every day he's walking people through now he
goes far out and he takes a week to come back then he goes far
takes a month to come back.
He looks one day, all these people are at the door of Allah
since I bought them here, but the door never opened for me. He's
walking back to his encampment. And he starts really getting sad.
And I've been working a long time, right? Even this didn't please my
lord to open the door have Allah and he realized, you know, maybe
if the Door of Allah open for him, he go back home and never come
back and never help anybody.
So he now says maybe that's the reason. So, Oh Allah, if you just
open the door for me, I'll stay.
But Allah knows. Maybe he won't. He gets so much riches, you go
home, be fat and happy with your wife and sit happily, right at
that very moment while he's crying. Where's my wealth? Right?
Still Jordan open for me a man bumps into him and he yells at me
watch where you go. And this is sacred territory, bumping into
people. How dumb
is crazy people bumping into me like this.
He puts his hands in his pockets. All of a sudden he takes up a
golden IQ.
It's like wow.
As I was getting feeling down about myself, Allah gave me a
little gift. A big jewel in his hand. And it's like Subhan Allah.
This is one of the things that's handed out when the Door of Allah
opens for you.
So now he's so happy. Allah answered me, he gave me a little
snack.
And he knows if the door truly opens, maybe I'll never come back.
Right? And that's many, many people. If Allah answers village
opens the door for you will never come back. But you're useful. You
got something to give to people. So Allah keeps you hungry. So that
then he goes to his tent and he starts looking at all day and
praying, oh, Allah, thank you, you listen to me. I was heartbroken,
but you always answer me you go give me something to relieve my
pain. At least now I have this to look at every single day. This is
my wealth now. Like he's had his first spiritual experience.
Now, he wakes up bright and early in the morning, and he goes
further than he's ever been before. And he said, hey, people,
you believe that there's a Door of Allah. There's no such thing. Our
grandfathers talked about it. We never found any such thing. We're
lost. And so we just pitch camp here where you go hunt, and we
play games and talk around the fire all day. So people No, no,
look at this. And he shows them at all. Everyone's eyes, go wide and
say we want that. Let's go. Alright, let's go follow me, I'll
take you and he becomes an even stronger guide to the Door of
Allah.
Because of that spiritual experience, and that is the path
of many, many people. Right? Allah to Allah keeps them hungry by
giving them a little bit at a time because he knows if you open the
tab for this person, oh, come back. Right. But some other
people, the tap has to open for them. Because they suffered too
much. Right? So no one's more generous than Allah. If you're in
need, go help other people. Good. And Allah Tada will help you. And
unfortunately, some people, you know, they
they haven't really got this, but you got to get it. You got to be
able to be selfless. And that's why I feel bad for sometimes
people who don't have dependents. They're never forced to be
selfless. You think like selfless people didn't train to be
selfless. You can't
train yourself to be selfless. You have to be forced to be selfless.
Because if I trained myself to be selfless, I'm going to stop the
moment I get tired. Who's stopping right? But a mom, for example,
just has a baby. She didn't have a choice to be selfless because that
baby could die. Right? That baby had a diaper rash. That baby can
something else could happen. Okay. As soon as a man now has some
responsibilities.
Right? And all his single friends are going skydiving. Well, I can't
go skydiving, right. I got responsibilities, right? So you're
forced to be selfless. That's why if you truly want to get good at
anything, you need to submit yourself to something that you got
to put yourself in a situation where you're forced to do it.