As a student, I am always afraid to start studying without reciting the dua's to remember Allah ﷻ. I thought of sharing it with y'all. I hope it helps, InSha Allah.
Nothing in this world can bring comfort to the heart and a sense of inner peace more than reciting the Qur’an. The Qur’an comes to save you every time you feel sad, lost and confused.
Sheikh Bilal Assad mentioned how 3 days after his son and brother had passed away, he found himself standing on the edge of a flat roof of a house. It was the same roof he had spent the last time with his son, the night before he passed away.
He thought, “Why am i not with them? Why am i still living? I should be with them.”
At that moment, subhanaAllah, the Qur’an started being recited from the mosque speakers. And you know what the first verse was?
Sayyiduna ‘Utaarid Qurashi رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ has reported that the Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم said, ‘When Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grants His bondman the ability to thank Him عَزَّوَجَلٌ then does not deprive him of an increase in blessings because He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said:
Yesterday a man was saying that we don't know where Allah is. We never saw Him. We heard from Rasool Allah pbuh that we should worship Allah so we are worshiping Allah - The Supreme Lord. Allah claims to be the Only God and the owner of whatever is in between earth and sky and whatever Allah knows is owned by Him. We never met Allah. But we have the words of Allah( The Qur'an). Like Allah literally talks to us in the Quran and guides us and teaches us. Ever thought like that? Like the Quran is not just a religious book it's the words of Allah swt which we can read. Even the worst muslim like me .
Another person says whenever I read the Qur'an. I read it because it's the words of my beloved Allah and I feel like I'm talking to Allah directly through the Quran.
And another person says " The way Allah listens to your recitation of the Quran Allah doesn't listen to anything like that. Isn't it satisfying and beautiful?
Wallah, it's so true! Let me tell you all one thing. When we make a dua (supplication), we expect Allah ﷻ to accept it soon, but later Allah ﷻ blesses us with something better, and we forget about the dua we made earlier! The most beautiful thing is that Allah ﷻ accepts all our duas and gives them to us when it's the right time for us to receive them. Allah gives us what we need, not necessarily what we want!
سبحان الله 🥺
Instead of worrying about why our duas aren't accepted, let's focus on how many duas Allah ﷻ has accepted.