Gathering the Heart on Allah

There is a difference between memorizing a verse or a hadith on one hand and believing in them on the other. There is a great hadith...when you believe in it, you walk on earth with your heart suspended by the Throne, seeking none but Allah, fearing none other. Because you believe that your boss at work, your colleague who plots against you, your university professor, the tax officer, your wealthy cousin, your relative's wife who tries to cast magic on you, the one who writes reports to harm you, your lovers and haters, supporters and opponents, enemies and envious ones—all of them, on the ground and on social media pages...and the seven billion humans... All of them...all of them without exception...are subjugated slaves to Allah the Exalted. Their hearts are between two of His fingers, may He be glorified. They cannot benefit you except by His permission, nor harm you except by His permission. So if you seek goodness, ask the Almighty over His slaves, and if you fear harm from the slaves, seek refuge with their Lord, may He be glorified. These are truths...the verses therein are clear, not ambiguous nor abrogated, and the hadiths therein are authentic. Your role is to believe in them, and then—how can one of these subjugated powers frighten you, tempt you, buy your conscience, or find a way to your heart to divert your intention from sincerity to the Almighty and make you fall into showing off to the subjugated?! These are truths...if you believe in them, your fragmented heart will unite, its beads will align, and its disorder will be straightened upon Allah, the Exalted. I went through a difficult and frightening situation twelve years ago...then suddenly I remembered this hadith...as if it descended as a special revelation to gather my scattered heart...to gather it upon Allah alone. These are great words that cause a revolution in one's being. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, taught them to a child (Abdullah ibn Abbas) as he rode behind him on the mount...to build his character upon them. So it is upon us, the adults, to rebuild our characters upon them...for we have missed much, and we have wasted much of our life, thought, effort, and health due to our negligence of the hadith, which we may have memorized... But this time, we need to...believe in it! ((O boy, I teach you words: Preserve Allah, and He will preserve you. Preserve Allah, and you will find Him before you. If you ask, ask Allah. If you seek help, seek help from Allah. And know that if the nation were to gather to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you except with something Allah has written for you, and if they were to gather to harm you, they would not harm you except with something Allah has written for you. The pens have been lifted, and the pages have dried)).