Supplicate Him

﴿ وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ...﴾

And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." ... (Quran 40:60)

Days come and go, some filled with laughter, and some that seem to be never-ending. Yet, what each day has in common with the other is that every day you are longing for comfort, happiness, and love more and more. But where can this peace be found, where can you find love, where can you find happiness, a solution to your problem, an answer to your questions, relief from your stress, a cure to your pain? All this can be found in the most prestigious and sacred form of communication with the Divine, in dua’a, invocation.  

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﴿ وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ ﴾

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. (Quran 2:186)

 

The comfort you are in desperate need of is much closer than you think; it is in the concealed conversations you have with your Creator. When you have nowhere else to go, supplicate Him, call upon Him, ask Him for help, ask Him for a solution, pour your heart out to Him, complain to Him about the world that is treating you harshly, describe to Him your feelings that no one will ever understand but Him. The key to response is found in dua’a (Al-Qarni, pg 217) ; a response to everything you are asking for, a response that you could have never imagined. 

Supplicating Allah through dua’a is not easy, and sometimes you won’t feel that it comes from the heart from the first time. But it takes two key factors to reach that elevated state that furnishes tranquility when supplicating Allah. Firstly, your belief in Allah, that He is the One and Only God, that He is your Creator, He has control of your entire life. Truly believing that you are under His care is what will give you the ability to step forward and call upon Him. Secondly, once you affirm your belief in Allah, your obedience towards Him will display your love for Him, your love for Him that shows that you depend on Him and Him alone. Your dependence on Him will provide you with the comfort, peace, and happiness that you are longing for. Allah is not waiting for you to come to Him, for He can give you whatever you desire before you even consider asking for it. But it's the effort you make to go call upon Him that shows your obedience to Him and your reliance on Him to grant you the guidance that your heart is helpless without.

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﴿ أَمَّن يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ...﴾

Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him ... (Quran 27:62)

 

The beauty of dua’a lies in the sacred love for Allah, and that the invocations you make are between you and your Creator only. A supplication that trembles the heart is not easy to attain. Sometimes it can be made at the peak of your excitement and gratitude, and sometimes it can be made at the deepest point of your struggles. And sometimes it is made when you are hurt, when no one understands you, when you are helplessly trying to escape from the voices in your head, when you sit there and cannot find one word to say to Him, one word to describe how you feel; but your tongue whispers, Ya Rab (Oh Allah). Those two words came from the bottom of your heart and summed up everything you wanted to say. It shows that you depend on Him and only Him, that your matters are all in His hand, that you are confident that He knows what is best for you, that you are not alone and He is by your side, and most importantly, He knows exactly how you feel, and what it is that you want. The relief found in those two words is beyond description, because after uttering them your heart is at peace knowing that no matter what happens, everything is going to be okay, because you called upon Him, and He will respond in His own time, in His own way.

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Reference:

Al-Qarni, A'id. (2005). You Can Be the Happiest Woman in the World. International Islamic Publishing House.