Thread: Morning motivation
I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
If your motivation is Jannah, you will wake up every morning striving to be a better person simply because your goal is not attainable in this world. You have to die first before you can make it to Jannah. Hence, you will have no reason to stop striving until you die a Muslim.
However, if your motivation is this world and all that it offers of wealth, fame, status, power and authority, then the moment you attain any of this you cease to be that passionate religios person, you cease to be enthusiastic about piety, you become spiritually lazy,...
you become burdened because you might have attained your goal and nothing else to strive for.
So, in order to remain steadfast on the path of seeking for Allaah's pleasure, you have to shift your focus from this world and fix it on the Hereafter.
The Sahabah (RA) whom we love passionately and dearly, have indeed set the bar of spiritual attainment so high that when we look at their lives and are inspired by their striving, we will always strive for more and will never be complacent. Because, there is just to much to do.
Be inspired by that which is with Allaah, Jannah. None should rest until we die as sincere believers in Allaah.
