Allah Is Not Trying To Push You Away

When a king or an emperor makes you bow in front of him, what's he trying to show you? He's trying to show you, you are distant from me, you are far from me, don't come close to me Habibi. That's your place, this is my place. But when you do sujood in front of Allah, is Allah trying to show you how far you are from him?

The opposite. The Prophet ﷺ said:

("The closest a servant can be to his Lord is when he is in prostration." — Sahih Muslim, Hadith 482)

When you submit to Allah, you're not going far from Allah — that is the closest you will ever get to him.

If you are humble and you are fearful of him, and you submit and you put this head on the ground and you say, O Allah, this is my place and I know your place — you have achieved the closeness to Allah. He's not trying to push you away, he's trying to bring you close. That is the difference between Allah and the king, between Allah and the emperor, between Allah and the Sensei.

The Sensei wants to show you: we have a professional relationship, you're my student, bow — now go away. Don't come and put your arm around my shoulder, we don't know each other like that.

Allah is trying to show you: you've bowed, you've prostrated in front of me — now ask me whatever you want, you are my beloved.

I love you now because you have humbled yourself in front of me.