There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم 

Al-Anbiya 21:87

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 

And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

Al-Anbiya 21:88

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ 

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

Al-Anbiya 21:89

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ 

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."

Al-Anbiya 21:90

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًاۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ 

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

Doing the Hard Thing

Aaoodhoo billahe minashaitan rajeem 

An-Nisa' 4:66

وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ٱقْتُلُوٓا أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ ٱخْرُجُوا مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ مِّنْهُمْۖ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۧ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا 

And if We had decreed upon them, "Kill yourselves" or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But if they had done what they were instructed, it would have been better for them and a firmer position [for them in faith].

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It happens that Allah asks us to do few things but it gets hard on soul. For example killing the ego is hard on soul. Being humble is hard on soul. And I don't take the courage of doing hard stuff. And i choose to do just the easy stuff. While Allah said, if they had done what they are instructed, that would have been better for them and a firmer position. But I ignore or I loose the courage to do difficult stuff or don't feel the importance of difficult stuff. While is it promised it is firmer position. May Allah give us sight and hearing to feel the importance of difficult stuff and give us the courage to do it. Ameen

Humility on the Day of Judgement

Aaoodhoo billahe minashaitan rajeem 

Ta Ha 20:111

وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا 

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

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I wonder no matter how unhumble I am in this world, i will need to humble that day. And I will fail if I carry injustice. May Allah save us from all  injustices that we do knowingly or unknowingly. Ameen.

Inheritors of Firdaus (Paradise)

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 2:

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

Translation:

Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 3:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

Translation:

And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 4:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ

Translation:

And those who pay the Zakat.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 5:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

Translation:

And those who guard their chastity.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 6:

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Translation:

Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 8:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

Translation:

Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat (all the duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts etc.) and to their covenants;

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 9:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Translation:

And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawat (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours).

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 10:

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ

Translation:

These are indeed the inheritors.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 11:

الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

Translation:

Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall abide there forever.

First attribute of believers

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 1:

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Translation:

Successful indeed are the believers.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 2:

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

Translation:

Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.

Hearing nothing but voice of footsteps

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 20. Taha, Verse 108:

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُ وَخَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

Translation:

On that Day mankind will follow strictly (the voice of) Allah's caller, no crookedness (that is without going to the right or left of that voice) will they show him (Allah's caller). And all voices will be humbled for the Most Beneficent (Allah), and nothing shall you hear but the low voice of their footsteps.