al-Ruh: Feed The Soul

بسم الله والحمد الله وصلاة وسلام على رسول الله - By Ruh Some advice on how to increase within our hearts a connection with Allah ﷻ: 1. Increasing in fear of Allah ﷻ Allah ﷻ Says: “And they fall down on their faces weeping” - [Al-Isra 17:109] We should be careful becoming comfortable with sin, we should ponder on what end we would meet were we to die in the state of sin, in a state of darkness; a death without repentance: "One of the righteous people used to weep night and day, and something was said to him about that. He said: “I am afraid that Allah will see me committing sin and will say: ‘Go away from Me for I am angry with you.’” Hence Sufyan used to weep and say: “I am afraid that my faith will be taken away at the moment of death.” Faddalah ibn Sayfi used to weep a great deal. A man entered upon him when he was weeping and said to his wife: “What is the matter with him?” She said: “He says that he wants to undertake a long journey and he does not have proper provision for it...

بسم الله والحمد الله وصلاة وسلام على رسول الله - By Ruh We will find that the Quran and Sunnah is full of motivational words to help us to strive to find closeness to Allah ﷻ, to find His Pleasure and Mercy. It is a guidance for us, from our Creator and He Created us to be weak: Allah ﷻ Says: And it is Allah’s Will to lighten your burdens, for humankind was created weak.. - [an-Nisa 4:28] Allah ﷻ Knows our hardships and He has Provided us guidance to overcome them, motivating, inspiring and opening paths for us through many ways, so as to Lighten that burden, and Allah ﷻ is true to His Promise: Allah ﷻ Says: O humanity! Indeed, Allah’s promise is true. So do not let the life of this world deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah. - [Faatir 35:5] Life brings with it many hardships and trials. Sometimes they can hit us so hard that we fall into darkness, but know that this is all from Allah ﷻ so that He can bring out the best in us and to Forgive us: Allah ﷻ Says: ...