{"id":22137,"date":"2025-04-11T05:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wim.no\/litteratur\/uncategorized\/your-attempts-to-reach-allah-are-his-attempts-to-reach-you\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:31:55","slug":"778-your-attempts-to-reach-allah-are-his-attempts-to-reach-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wim.no\/en\/literature\/94-poetry\/778-your-attempts-to-reach-allah-are-his-attempts-to-reach-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Attempts to Reach Allah are His Attempts to Reach You."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1>Your attempts to reach Allah are His attempts to reach you.<\/h1>\n<p>A man cried &#8220;Allah&#8221; all night until his lips began to bleed.<\/p>\n<p>Then the Devil said<br \/>\n, \u201cHey! Mr. Gullible!<br \/>\nWhy have you cried all night and not once heard Allah answer, \u2018Here I am\u2019?<br \/>\nYou cry out so sincerely, and, in response, what do you get? I&#8217;ll tell you what you get: Nothing!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The man suddenly felt empty and abandoned. Depressed as he was, he threw himself to the ground and fell into a deep sleep. In a dream, he met Ibrahim (peace be upon him), who asked: \u201cWhy do you regret praising Allah?\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The man said, \u201cI cried and cried, but Allah never answered me, \u2018Here I am.\u2019\u201d Ibrahim (peace be upon him) explained:<br \/>\n \u201cAllah has said: Your cries for Me are My answer. Your longing for Me is My message to you. Your attempts to reach Me are in reality My attempts to reach you.<x id=\"gid_1\"><\/x> Your fear and love are a loop to capture Me. 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