ONE MISTAKE MOST OF US DO WHEN WE START TURNING TO ALLAH

One mistake most of us do when we start turning to Allah, prayers and Quran is that we anxiously wait for the "sweetness" of eemaan the moment we start. And when it does not happen, when our 5 times prayers seem forced, when the Quran doesn't bring us to tears - we GIVE UP!

No yaa Ikhwaani! This is another big trap we have to save ourselves from. Indeed, the sweetness of eemaan will not come except with constant perseverance. Your standing or reciting will not make it happen instantly!

It is when Allah will see you constant in His Path, it is when He sees that you pray even when you don't feel like it, it is when He sees that you recite His Word even when every inch of your brain tells you not to, it is when He sees you strive to stand in tahajjud though you may "hate" it... it is THEN that He will give you this sweetness and contentment as a GIFT from Him.

Reflect on the words of Sufyan ath-Thawri (rahimahullah):

“For twenty years...I struggled to remain standing in prayer at night. For those twenty years I never tasted the sweetness of the night prayer. It was only after that that I found comfort and sweetness.”

Continue ya ikhwaani and DO NOT GIVE UP. When the Lord of the worlds has not given up on you, how can you give up on your own self?