Someone Cares

At times ...

... When you feel...

... At the end of your rope ...

... Trapped ...

... And depressed ...

What should you do?

Cry in despair?

Get angry?... Turn into a monster?

Get drunk?

Take drugs?

Even if you feel...

... Very sad ...

... Like a fool ...

... Lonely...

... Guilty ...

... Afraid ...

... And inferior ...

Remember ...

... That there is

SOMEONE ...

... That really cares about you ...

... He thinks you are brilliant ...

... BIG ...

... Very special ...

And He loves you!

He is ...

Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, to them will God Most Gracious bestow His Love.) Qur'an (19:96)

Abu Hurairah (god bless him) narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel saying, 'Allah loves so and-so; O Gabriel! Love him.’ Gabriel would love him and make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven. 'Allah loves so-and-so, therefore you should love him also,' and so all the inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth."[Bukhari and Tirmidhi]

Allah loves Muhsineen [2:195, 3:134, 3:148, 5:13, 5:93] [Those who do good (to others); who spend (benevolently) in the cause of Allah (2:195) in favorable as well as in adverse circumstances; who divert and sublimate their anger and potentially virulent emotions to creative energy and become a source of tranquility and comfort to people;

who quickly correct any wrong or indecency that has occurred from them, remember Allah, protect themselves from trailing behind in dignity and refrain from willfully persisting in error. [3:134-135]; who pardon and forbear [5:13]; who do not spread corruption on earth [7:56]; who strive hard for Him [29:69];

who establish As-Salaat [remembering Him (20:14, 62:9) all the time (70:23) and at appointed times (4:103, 62:9), and follow His Guidance in all the affairs] and keep the resources, that He has bestowed upon them, open [for the welfare of humanity]. (2:177, 9:44, 39:33, 92:1720) [31:3-4];

who are the believing servants of Allah [37:110-111, 37:121-122, 37:131-132]; who sleep but little at night (reflecting on His Commands and on ways to implement His Commands) and heartily seek to be guarded against imperfections (51:16-18)].

What Allah has mentioned in the hadith qudsi of the great virtues of those whom He loves. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: "Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him.

When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him." Narrated by alBukhari, 6502.

This hadith qudsi includes a number of benefits of Allah’s love for His slave: (i) "I am his hearing with which he hears" i.e., he does not listen to anything but that which Allah loves. (ii) "his seeing with which he sees" i.e., he does not see anything but that which Allah loves. (iii) "his hand with which he strikes" i.e., he does not do anything with his hand but that which Allah loves. (iv) "and his foot with which he walks" i.e., he does not go towards anything but that which Allah loves. (v) "Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him" i.e., his du’aa’s are heard and his requests are granted. (vi) "and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it" i.e., he is protected by Allah from all things...

We ask Allah to help us to please Him.