Do Not Be Sad

Sometimes we go through difficult circumstances...we look at our deeds and see that we have sinned against Allah greatly. We regret at that moment. And this regret is something required to push us towards sincere repentance. This regret should be a temporary feeling that immediately drives us to correct our mistakes with positivity and good thoughts about Allah that He will help us, accept our repentance, and give us another chance to fix our situation... But sometimes things go differently with one of us, so instead of this positivity and good thoughts about Allah, he freezes at the stage of regret, dwelling on memories, self-flagellation, and self-loathing. He ruins himself and becomes bitter. He starts to feel that this trial is pure punishment with no mercy, a crushing blow from which there is no recovery! Because Allah, after giving him chances in the past which he did not utilize, has despised him, is angry with him, and will not give him another chance! Then...the feeling of estrangement between him and his Lord, Glorified and Exalted, creeps in! He feels that the door has been closed, the supplication has been rejected, and misery has struck him for the rest of his life! Beware! This is a trick from Satan, in fact, it is one of his most dangerous tricks! He makes you initially think that blaming yourself in this way is required because it is an admission of sin... But Satan stopped you at the stage of blame and regret and made you exaggerate it to lead you to assume something very dangerous! You assume the harshness of fate and its Creator, Glorified and Exalted! And in this moment of bad assumptions, you will feel the terrifying loss! When all means are cut off and the doors are closed before you, you will find no refuge and no escape except to Allah. If Satan makes you despair of Allah's mercy and makes you think that your trial is pure punishment and that Allah despises you, then where will you flee? And to whom will you seek refuge? And to whom will you plead? And whom will you hope for? You will feel the terrifying loss...and this is what Satan wants for you! Cast out from Allah's mercy, he does not want to see those who hope for Allah's mercy! Note that Satan will not come to you directly to cast doubt on Allah's forgiveness...he will not say to you: Allah is not Forgiving and Merciful...this is a clearly failed attempt. But he will come to you from another angle! He will say to you: Allah is Forgiving, but you do not deserve His forgiveness because He gave you chances in the past and you did not utilize them. Allah is Forgiving...but you are a failure to do what deserves His forgiveness. What does Satan want from this? He wants to throw you into depression! The depression that paralyzes your will to fix your situation and return to your Lord? There are scientific terms that describe the symptoms of clinical depression. One of them is the deep feeling of sadness, an exaggerated sense of guilt, a lack of self-worth, and a lack of motivation. Satan freezes you at the stage of feeling guilty and makes you feel that you are beyond repair, paralyzing your will to obey and your motivation to change, and corrupting your relationship with your Lord, Glorified and Exalted... He is too Merciful to wait for the sins of His believing servants to strike them, take them out of His mercy, and deprive them of another chance... My brother, if Satan comes to you and says: You do not deserve Allah's mercy. Say to him: Yes, I do not deserve it, but He, Glorified and Exalted, will have mercy on me because He is too Noble to deal with His servants according to what they deserve! If Satan says to you: Allah is testing you as punishment because He hates you, say to him: Rather, He is testing me to purify me and raise me. If he says to you: You are too low to deserve Allah's mercy, say to him: Allah's mercy is too vast to be narrowed down to me and not include me. Do not let Satan corrupt your relationship with Allah! He is Allah: The Most Merciful of the Merciful.