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“What Does God Want From You?”

-Omar Suleiman

“I did not create men and jinn except that they worship me” 51:56

Allah is not systematic, Islam is not black and white, Allah is a being that is Al-Rahman, Al-Raheem, Allah’s mercy is complete and for all. Allah is Ash-Shura, appreciative of all that we do. On the Day of Judgment, we will all be embraced by Allah’s mercy or Allah’s justice. Every person who enters Jannah, will enter with Allah’s mercy.  

So what does Allah want?

Allah wants us to try our best with pure sincerity because it is not about how much we did but the sincerity behind what we did. If we pray a million prayers and none of them are for Allah, our actions would be meaningless. Unlike Christianity and Judaism, in Islam we must do our part although we know that it will never be enough. No person on this earth can thank Allah enough for what he has given us and Allah knows that, Allah is not asking for much, Allah just wants us to try.

Remember in elementary school when you would make cheap mother’s day gifts consisting of ice cream sticks and paper, and your mother would get so happy that you made it for her? Your mother knows that it is not the “best” of gifts and may not even value the gift but she loves it because of the heart behind the gift. This is the same for Allah, Allah values our intention and sincerity. Today we have people, who work off of their good looks, today we judge people on how great they look on the outside, Allah does not do this. Allah judges us based on the heart. And when our hearts are completely submitted to Allah, everything is easy and we will find ways to demonstrate that love with sincerity.

The answer is simple, try our hardest to please the one we love by completing actions that please him. It is funny how today we consider people “religious” because they pray five times a day and fast during Ramadan when in fact, we all supposed to pray five times a day and fast during Ramadan. This is not to judge but we need to treat Allah as if we love him, when you love someone don’t you always want to make them happy? Don’t you want to please them? When you love someone, you try to make sure that you are always on good terms with them and spend time trying to make sure they are happy with you. We need to do the same with our Lord, the one created us and all those we love.

And we have to remember that it is not about how we start but how we finish…

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