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We're living in an age of struggle.

Every one of us is struggling with either one thing or a few things.

Don't ever let your struggles distance you from Allah.

If your struggle brought you closer to Allah, it's a blessing.

If your struggle distanced you from Allah, it is actually perhaps a sign of the displeasure of Allah and could be a means

of punishment. Whenever you are struggling, tell yourself, this is Allah telling me to come

closer to him. So how long am I going to struggle for for as long as

Allah knows that he wants you in that position? Because if your struggle brought you

closer to Allah and Allah loves the way you worshipped him while you were in a struggle.

It's a bonus for Allah to keep you in that struggle until the day you die.

I hope you understood what I just said.

Because if Allah had to take you out of the struggle and that resulted in you sliding back to your old self,

then that would be a big loss.

Imagine when I had a problem, I was close to Allah I when my problem was over I was distance from Allah

Why would Allah ever take that problem away if he loves you he gives you the problem and keeps it there with you for as long as he wills and if you die in a condition

where you kept praying for a solution and the solution didn't come in actual fact there

was a solution what was it you kept praying That was the main bonus. It wasn't about solving the problem.

I needed something. And I needed it badly. And I kept praying. And I kept asking Allah.

And Allah knows he's not going to give it to you but he loves the way you keep

praying so you actually succeeded and you achieved more than you wanted because

ultimately you died praying you died with hope you died with Allah and you didn't die the other way but had you gotten what you asked

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