How to Have a Heart Connected to Allah [swt]

Embarking on a spiritual journey to strengthen your bond with Allah [swt] can be transformative. This exploration delves into the essence of a heart connected to Allah, offering insights to nurture this divine relationship and attain spiritual fulfillment.

Your heart does not distance itself from Allah overnight

It is a slow process

• The pleasures of this life become your main concern and certain sins become a habit that you can’t seem to get rid of, until you start feeling like you don’t really have a purpose in life.

Get to Know Allah

In order to have a heart that is connected to Allah, we need to get to know Him first

• Through the Qur’an
• Spend time learning and reflecting on His Names
• Know that He is Al-Khaliq, The One who created us and anything we may desire
• As-Sami’, The Ones who hears every single one of our supplications
• Al-Qadir, the One who is able to do anything, no matter how impossible it might seem

Surround yourself with people that remind you of Allah

Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to the friends you choose to surround yourself with

• It’s completely normal for us to go through phases where our faith goes up and down, but if we keep good company and don’t isolate ourselves, we can prevent our faith from plummeting to the ground

Firmly hope for His Mercy

Be optimistic that Allah will accept your repentance.

• Repentance is a constant process, so it might take a couple of attempts to fully get back on track. But don’t be embarrassed to turn back to Him, no matter the magnitude of the sin, and never lose hope in His infinite mercy.

Pause and assess yourself

The state of your heart will determine how you perceive the world around you

• Take time out to reflect on certain things going on inside of you that need to be remedied and healed
• Nothing of the dunya will be able to give you what a content heart, a heart connected to its Creator, can give you.

Performing prayer

When it comes to our heart, there is nothing more crucial than our prayer.

• If we don’t have consistency, that food for the soul, our hearts will automatically be affected
• The quality of your prayer is a way to check yourself and the state of your faith and heart.

Reading and pondering over the Qur’an

We have the Quran on our shelves, but it is meant to be read, lived, and engaged with daily

• The best form of remembrance is to read and reflect on the words of the Prophet (pbuh)
• Our hearts find ultimate peace and tranquility in the remembrance of Him
• It is important to commit to and set aside a time for reflection

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