YOU HAVE BEEN GIFTED WITH IMAAN...YOU ARE BLESSED.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

 

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الأرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ افْتَدَى بِهِ أُوْلَـئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ

Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers – never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers. (Qur'an-3:91)


Many times, don't you feel like you are of no use? You have no purpose, there is no one to care and love you?  Well, at some point you must have thought that way. But have you thought of how important you are to Allah? How much He loves you to give you the best of all gifts anyone can ever gift you. What do you think that gift is? 

It is something of great value and importance, and it is very very precious....and that is the gift of Imaan, the gift of being a Servant of Allah, a Muslim.

Now, how valuable is Imaan?

It is so valuable to the extent that on the Day of Judgement if a person were to offer an entire earth's fill of gold. Imagine.....the entire earth made of gold and how much money and value is that? You can't even comprehend it. And if a person were to offer this much gold on the Day of Judgement so that he could be freed from Jahannam (Hell Fire), it will not be accepted. 

And on the other hand, if a person comes with the Kalimah (lā- Ilāha Ill-Allāh, Muḥammadur-Rasūlullāh) he will be admitted into Jannah (Paradise). Subhanallah! Just imagine the weight of the Kalimah, it is so valuable that it surpasses the entire earth's fill of gold. This is Imaan! This is how valuable it is, this is how precious it is. And Allah gave it to you, me and many of us for free. We perhaps never even asked for it, but He gave it to us..Allamdulillah! 

And this is out of what? Out of love for us. He chose us to be His servants, to be guided. Imagine if you were not a Muslim? How and where your ending could have been. He could have easily misguided you, but He didn't do that...Why? Becasue He loves you and you are someone special in His sight. Isn't that the biggest gift anyone can get?

We were born and raised in a Muslim family, ask for those who didn't. What struggle they go through to find the truth, to accept it, to live it. We didn't go through any of these and that is a huge, huge blessing. So we should remember His blessings and forever be grateful for it. If He wills, He can take this Deen away from us, so don't forget His blessings, thank Him for it and make good use of the gift that He has blessed you with (Iman). 

May Allah make me and whoever reading this a better Muslim.