FEAR GOD WITH OBEDIENCE AND PATIENCE

"...Verily, he who fears God with obedience to Him and is patient, then surely, God makes not the reward of the good doers to be lost."

The Qur'an, Surah Yusuf (12:91)

SubhanAllah, this is a difficult thing to do, but the promise of Allah (God) is true. When things are tough and shaitan is doing everything he can to get you to do wrong, it takes a lot of strength and iman to fear Allah and obey Allah and be patient.

Too often, shaitan tricks us by making us think we can get out of our troubles by doing this or that..."Its ok"..."They are doing it." No! We must never obey shaitan and disobey Allah to get out of our troubles or to lessen our suffering. On the contrary, it is in times of hardship and suffering we must cling to Allah, and draw near to him through obedience and know that He is testing us, and know that He will give us a halal solution according to His plan and His wisdom and His timing, and until Allah proves that halal open door we should be patient and trust in Allah's wisdom and His plan for us.

It is very difficult sometimes. Shaitan makes us think, if I just do this things will be better. But if what we are contemplating doing is something Allah is not pleased with, how can it make things better? It is a deception of shaitan and we musn't fall for it.

But verily, Allah makes not the reward of the good doers to be lost. When we fear Allah - obey Allah - and are patient, Allah gives us many blessings in our life. Allah rewards us and gives us ease after hardship. The blessings and pleasure of Allah are far sweeter and long lasting than the temporary pleasure of giving in to shaitan. SubhanAllah.

It is a hard lesson to put into practice but an important one. Reflect.