How to develop fear of Allah?
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I a regular reader of your website. And my previous question to you have given
me relief and made me have fear in Allah.Alhamdulillah and also thanks to you.
My question now is how to maintain the fear that I have in my heart. Sometimes,
I even missed my solat due to lazyness. But I would solat taubah after that and
qadar my prayers. But my fear in Allah is easily disturb by syaitan with
thoughts " Its ok cause Allah is most merciful and forgiving" . How
to have sincere fear in Allah constantly. Is it we have to do good deeds and
sedekah always. I just want an answer to improve my sincere fear.
I want
to be the most feared humble women
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How to develop fear of Allah
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our
humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
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Question: How to have sincere fear in Allah constantly. Is it we have to do
good deeds and sedekah always. I just want an answer to improve my sincere fear
Unlike one’s natural instinct and desire for the love of
the accumulation of wealth, or attraction to women, or the love of children, or
love of life and this transitory world…to fear, worship and do deeds only for
the sake and Pleasure of Allah is something which one needs to choose to strive
and develop and train one’s soul to do; and therein lies the test of life which
has been ordained and decreed by Allah Subhanah for mankind:
Whoever amongst mankind controls his soul towards the
temptations of this short and transient world in preference for His Promises
and Rewards of the eternal Gardens of Bliss in the Everlasting life of the
Hereafter?
The ones who choose to fear Allah, control their souls from
lower desires, and of their own choice submit their will to the Will of their
Lord, will pass the test ordained by their Lord; and the ones who choose to run
after the transient and temporary luxuries and pleasures of this world and
refuse to submit their will to the Will of their Creator will miserably fail
their ordained test of life.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 79 Surah
Naziat verses 34-41:
34 Therefore when there comes the Great Overwhelming (Event, ie: The
Day of Judgment!)
35 The Day when Man shall remember (all)
that he strove for
36 And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full
view for (all) to see
37 Then for such as had transgressed all
bounds
38 And had preferred the life of this world
39 Their Abode will be Hell-Fire;
40 And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their
Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from Lower Desires
41 Their Abode will be the Garden.
To develop ‘taqwa’ or ‘fear’ of Allah’, the absolute first
thing one needs to do is to recognize who exactly is his Lord and Creator, why
has He created everything in existence, why has He created you on this earth,
what deeds are Pleasing to Him, what deeds bring about His Wrath and Anger,
what exactly are His Rewards promised for His righteous and obedient slaves,
and what punishments await those who deny and disobey Him?
The Lord Creator is not only All-Mighty and All-Powerful,
He is also The Most Merciful, and The All-Wise!
He did not create man and leave him alone to find out the answers to
these questions by themselves, but in His Supreme, Sublime, and Infinite Mercy,
He Himself revealed the answers to all these questions in His Glorious Book of
Guidance, The Al-Quran!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 2-5”
2 This (Quran) is the Book; in
it is guidance sure without doubt to those who fear Allah.
3 Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of
what We have provided for them.
4 And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee and sent before thy
time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.
5 They are on (true) guidance from their
Lord and it is these who will prosper.
Thus the absolute best way to recognize one’s Lord Creator
and the substance of one’s short test of life in this transient world is to
read, understand, obey, follow and completely submit to the Blessed and Noble
Message revealed for our guidance by our Lord Most Merciful, Most
Gracious.
Once you determine and submit to the guidance of the
Glorious Quran, all the questions regarding faith and the substance of the test
of life will be answered in detail and in a crystal-clear format which only
behoves the Lord All-Knowing, All-Wise requires from His believing slaves. Once you recognize the Lord Who created you,
and the reason for your existence, and once you submit your will to His Will in
return for His Promised Everlasting and Eternal Gardens of Paradise in the life
of the Hereafter; your whole life will become a meaningful strive towards a
beautiful mission called ‘Paradise’!
And once you make up your mind to tread the path that
would earn you the eternal and everlasting Rewards of Paradise, the world with
all its luxuries, pleasures, and temptations will look worthless and
insignificant; and all your striving will be towards that Inevitable Reality of
the Hereafter.
This state of consciousness of standing in the Presence of
the Majestic and Supreme Lord One Inevitable Day is what Allah calls ‘taqwa’ or
piety in His Quran; and it is this ‘taqwa’ which will inspire you all your life
towards doing deeds that would earn you the Eternal Pleasure and Good Will of
your Lord, and it is this same ‘taqwa’ which will inspire you to abstain from
doing anything which would bring about His Unbearable Wrath and Anger.
Taqwa means to abstain from doing anything that would
bring about the Wrath and Displeasure of the Lord All-Mighty; and to do deeds
of righteousness which are commanded by Allah and His Messenger (saws). Taqwa is to live every moment of ones life
with the solemn belief that One Inevitable Day every soul will be brought forth
in the Presence of the Majestic Lord to give a full accounting of every one of
his deeds. Taqwa is to determine before
doing anything whether the Lord Most Merciful will be Pleased or Dis-pleased
with the deed; if one determines that the Lord will be pleased with the deed,
he must do it wholeheartedly; and if one determines that the deed would bring
about the displeasure and Wrath of Allah Subhanah, he must immediately abstain
from it. Taqwa is to live every moment
of one’s life consciously striving to do deeds which would earn him the
Pleasure and Good Will of the Lord Most Merciful, and abstain from doing deeds
which would bring about His displeasure and Wrath.
If one studies the Glorious Quran, one would realize that
more often than not, wherever Allah Subhanah Promises His slaves the
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale
Imraan verse 133:
133 Be quick in the race for forgiveness from
your Lord and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens
and of the earth; prepared for the ‘Muttaqeen’.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 50 Surah
Qaaf verses 31-33:
31 And the Garden will be brought nigh to
the ‘Muttaqeen’, no more a thing distant.
32 (A voice will say:) "This is what
was promised for you, for everyone who turned (to Allah) in sincere repentance
who kept (his law).
33 "Who feared (Allah) Most Gracious
unseen and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him):
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 52 Surah
Tur verses 17-18:
17 As to the ‘Muttaqeen’ they will be in Gardens and in
Happiness
18 Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord
hath bestowed on them and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the
Fire.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 68 Surah
Qalam verse 34:
34 Verily for the ‘Muttaqeen’
are Gardens of Delight in the Presence of their Lord.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah
Nahl verse 31:
31 Gardens of Eternity which they will
enter: beneath them flow (pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that
they wish: thus doth Allah reward the ‘Muttaqeen’
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah
Furqan verses 15-16:
15 Say: "Is that (fire) better or the
eternal Gardens promised to the ‘Muttaqeen’? For them that is a reward as well
as a goal (of attainment).
16 "For them there will be therein all
that they wish for: they will dwell (there) for aye: a promise to be prayed for
from thy Lord."
Thus, in conclusion, my dear and beloved sister in Islam,
I remind you as I remind myself, the absolute best way to bring about his
reformation in our hearts to get close to the Remembrance of our Lord Who
Created us; and the best way to Remember our Lord is to read, understand, obey,
follow and completely submit ourselves to His Glorious Message which He Himself
revealed for our guidance, The One and Only Glorious and Noble Quran!
Allah is our witness, one who sincerely submits himself to
the Glorious Message of their Lord will find that his whole life will become a
life spent in the worship and praise of His Lord; his prayers, his fasts, his
zakat, his Hajj, his work, his relationship with fellow man, in fact, his every
single deed will be aligned to earn the Pleasure and Good Will of His Lord Most
Gracious, Most Merciful.
May Allah Subhanah bless you and us, have mercy on you and
us, and bestow upon you and us and all the believers the wisdom and the courage
to choose and prefer this Straight Path of Rigtheousness that leads to the
Mercy and Rewards of our Lord, and abstain from all deeds that lead to His
Anger and His Wrath. Ameen.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother and
sincere well wisher in Islam,
Burhan