“Difficult roads often lead to a beautiful destination.”
Hardships are a part of life. They are a source of getting closer to Allah (SWT). We just need to be patient and grateful and think when Allah SWT can turn the nights into days, then surely He can turn the darkness of your life into happiness and prosperity. As it is said in the Holy Quran, “Verily, with every hardship, comes ease.” (94:6)
If Allah SWT is making you wait, then be prepared to receive more than what you have asked for. And for asking or making any Duaa in front of Allah SWT, we need to kneel before Him. As he who kneels before Allah SWT can stand before anything and anyone! And to get the answers of all your Duaas, Allah SWT has given us a key apart from the five obligatory prayers – A way to see our prayers getting answered. This key is Tahajjud.
By offering Tahajjud, we can observe the journey from “KUN” to “FAYAKUN” (Be, and it is).
The prostration of Tahajjud is often blessed to a person after bearing thousands of difficulties. And that person is loved by Allah SWT as he/she is chosen among countless people for this prostration.
Allah SWT chooses to meet Him at that time of the night when the majority of the people are asleep. He darkens the sky and selects this time for Tahajjud so that nobody may see those tears rolling down your eyes except Him so that only He can see you crying your heart out…
While everyone else is asleep, He brings that special person very close to Him with the desire of all his Duaas to be answered.
We don’t need to wait for the nights of Laylatul Qadr to ask for our prayers when Allah SWT has blessed us with “Salaat-ul-Layl” (Tahajjud) every night. That is the time when our teary eyes and sobbing heart is healed by offering this prayer. ✨
We usually think that the span of our difficulties are incessant. But the truth is, that Allah SWT increases the time of meeting Him! Allah SWT loves those people who ask from Him and not from the world, who cry in front of Him and not in front of anyone else and who still have faith in Him even after feeling that everything has finished…
Tahajjud is the time when you are alone with Allah SWT and you can cry your heart out. That is the time when He answers your prayers when He strengthens your belief in Him when He turns all the negativities into positivities when He changes your destiny by answering your prayers!
Allah SWT is the only sovereignty holder and all power belongs to Him. He molds the ones who are dear to Him towards Himself. “KUN” circulates around Him, and everything ends at “FAYAKUN”.
This is how all the hardships turn into ease.
May Allah SWT choose us among everyone to kneel before Him and may He bless us with the ability to meet Him by offering Tahajjud. Ameen!
~Umm e Rabab.