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My brothers and sisters in Islam, it is important for every single one of us to know that the true belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is very closely connected to the balance between hope and fear.

A person who has the correct balance between the hope in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is mercy and the fear from his punishment will be able to lead a life that is the best spiritually and at the same time full of contentment whilst going through the difficulties of this dunya.

However, in today's world where we find ourselves facing great difficulty, we find ourselves facing so many other issues where people have been diverted, people are becoming so materialistic and at the same time people have so many different issues relating to one another.

Everyone is on the same spiritual level, not everyone is on the same spiritual level, not everyone has the same goal and aim in life.

So, so many people are drowning in trying to live a life of comfort that we forget sometimes the link with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

It is important that this particular time to reiterate and to stress that people can let us down but Allah will never let us down.

If a person promises you, he might break his promise because of his weakness, although as believers we should not be breaking our promises, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will never ever let us down.

If he promises, he will always fulfil that promise. So it is the hope in Allah that we have over and above everything else.

Sometimes we try our best, we have a salary, we have a family, we have so many good things in life but we are let down sometimes by various aspects.

We have the loss of a family member, may Allah grant him all general. We have sometimes turbulence in marriage for reasons that are beyond our control sometimes.

We have sometimes disability of our own selves or children, all these challenges that we are facing but if we have hope in the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we will be able to understand the bigger picture.

We will be able to realize that there is something more than just the material goodness of this world or the pleasure of this particular dunya.

So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he has in the Quran made it very clear that he loves to forgive and he loves us so much that he gets so happy when we seek forgiveness.

Never ever do we find in the Quran Allah saying that he will reject the toba of an individual who does toba correctly. If I am to repent to Allah, never ever will he reject it.

Have you thought about that? It is amazing. It is a gift of Allah. If you turn to Allah and if you ask him to forgive you, regretting your sin, admitting your fault, asking for forgiveness, promising not to do it again,

he will definitely forgive the sin and wipe it out. Imagine how merciful he is.

So Shaytan does not like this because from the very beginning, from the time of Adam alaihi salam, Shaytan promised that he will definitely lead man astray and he will make sure that man worships all besides Allah.

So Allah says, you can do what you like, Shaytan. But I know my worshipers, when they tend to me, I will forgive them completely. Amazing.

This is why in the narration, the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has said that whoever strives to come to me, even a handspan, I come to him an entire foot which means no matter how much we try to get closer to Allah, Allah gets even closer to us.

The trial is ours. If a person walks towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah says, I rush towards him, meaning I will come to him faster and quicker than he can come to me.

How many of us are ready to try to walk towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? We leave the sins that are glaring us in our faces as we walk out of the house of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the societies and communities we live in.

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