when making dua don't forget to ask for the strength & sabr to bear hardships. for the ability to forgive. for peace that lasts. for the ability to always turn back to Allah swt. for ur sins to be cleansed. for ur worship to be accepted. for u to become a better muslim.
there's an ayah in suratul mulk which humbles me so much, it reminds us how we are in need of Allah swt, so much in our lives, not only when things are bad, we need Him to breathe, we need Him to blink, we need Him to literally exist. like we are so dependent on Allah for
So when my friends share their struggles, my first response is empathy. A lot of times, they’ve already tried their best and rushing to solutions isn’t the answer when someone needs reassurance. What you call “babying” is just human empathy—the absence of which you mask as logic.
The older I get, the more I realize why Yaqub (AS) said, 'I only complain of my suffering to Allah' [12:86]. People don't understand your pain, and neither can they comfort you the way Allah can and does.