*HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF ALLAH LOVE US?*
1. If He give us wealth?
2. If He grant us health?
3. If He give us power?
4. If He give us children?
5. …..?
*Shaikh Ali Rantawi* says he was wondering if Allah loves him:
So he checked the Quran to see what are the characteristics of the people that Allah has mentioned He loves them.
He discovered that Allah loves *Al_ Muttaqeen* ( the pious ), he says ” I wouldn’t dare consider myself one of them.”
So he continued searching….
Then he found that Allah loves *As sabireen* (the patient). So he remembered; “how impatient I am.”
So he continued searching….
Then he found that Allah loves *Al Mujahideen* (those who strive in His path), so he remembered how lazy and powerless he was.
So he continued searching….
Then he found Allah loves *Al Muhsineen* (those who do good deeds). So he remembered how far he is from that.
*then He says*
“So I stopped searching to avoid more disappointment. I reflected on my good deeds, I found most of them are mixed with laziness, coldness, flaws and sins.
“Then it came to my mind that Allah loves The *At Tawwabeen* (those who repent). I just figured out it is the one for me and for others like me.
So he said “I started saying …”
*Astaghfirullah wa atooubu ilaihi* in abundance so I could be one of the ones Allah loves.”
May we be able to *at least* seek forgiveness often enough to be among those Allah Loves! Aameen !!!
