Hidayah Blog

Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)

A man came to Ibrahim bin Adham and asked him:

Allah says, ‘And your Lord has said: Call upon me and I will respond to you’ [Q40:60]

So what is the matter with us that we supplicate yet we are not answered?

So he said:

• Because you know Allah and are well acquainted with Him yet you do not obey Him.
• And you acknowledge the Messenger but you do not follow his Sunnah.
• And you know the Qur’an but you do not act upon it.
• And you eat the from blessings of Allah but you do not give thanks for them.
• And you acknowledge Paradise but you do not request it (in your actions).
• And you acknowledge Hellfire but you do not flee from it.
• And you know Shaytan (Satan) yet you do not fight against him but rather you comply with him.
• And you know (of the reality of) death but you do not prepare for it.
• And you bury the dead but you do not stop to ponder and reflect.
• And you leave your own faults and shortcomings and busy yourselves instead with those of others .

These words of Ibrahim bin Adham, although hard hitting, are nevertheless quite thought provoking - not just for Muslims or non-Muslims, but for people.

Ma’as-salaam