Get Back On Track

Assalaamu Alaikum

What is the reason we go through different modes in life? 

Why are there times when we have so much motivation to complete a specific task and times when this motivation just fades away and we don't want to do anything anymore...

Why?! 

Remember the times I used to read the Qur'aan for like an hour a day, why did I stop? I was doing good. Or did you ask yourself this? 

I used to help the poor people without them even asking, what happened to me? I was doing good. Why did I stop? 

You were doing good! 

Why did you stop? 

You see the problem here is that you forgot, you forgot that doing good does you good, so you stopped doing good and you started telling yourself, 'You were doing good!' 

'You were doing good!'

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) he used to say: 

'Oh Allah, turner of hearts, turn my heart firm on your religion.'

Umm Salama, the wife of the Messenger (ﷺ) she was standing nearby and she said, 'Oh Messenger of Allah, is this for everybody? Does this apply...this Dua that you said, does it apply to everybody or is it only for you?'

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Indeed, Our hearts are between two fingers of Allah's fingers, He turns them around as He wishes.'

Today, you may be doing really good, you know you have that high level of faith and you're up here, tomorrow, you're probably not doing as well, you go back down here and you know you're not praying on time or you're slacking off a little bit. Then the next day, you're doing good again.

And then another day comes when you completely slack off and you stop doing everything, all you do is like pray five times a day and not even on time. So it goes up, down, up, down, up, down...

Did you ever go to the hospital and visit a sick person and you saw the machine where the heart pulse rate is going up and down, up and down, up and down, it's the same thing! 

When we do good we go up, then when we slack off we go down, then we do good we go up... 

Just like that, and that's healthy, that's ok! There's no problem with that. IF you get back on track as soon as you slack off, that's OK, but where is the big problem? The big problem is when we do good and then we slack off, then we do good and we slack off and we continue to slack off until we die, that is the big problem, just like the machine.

That means he's dead. Alright, so we have to get back on track.

If you used to pray Qiyam Al-Layl, Do it tonight, get back! If you used to pray Fajr on time in the Masjid, get back! If you used to be good to your parents and you're not anymore, get back! If you used to go to work on time and you were doing really good and you were sincere, get back! If you used to give lectures and speeches every week and every now and then, get back! If you used to give Da'wah every time you see the people on the street, get back! If you used to remember Allah day and night, when you wake up and when you sleep, get back! Get back on track! And remember that Allah Azza Wa Jal wants you to do good and He accepts you He always accepts you, He will never reject you, as long as you get back on track, He will accept you and remember this, this is the last statement that I will leave you with. Work for your Hereafter as if you're dying tonight and work for your Dunya as if you will never die. Work for the Hereafter as if you are leaving this Dunya tonight and work for this Dunya as if you're never gonna die. 

See you next time. 

WAssalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaathuhu

By Ustadh Rayan Arab