Allah Promises To Guide You, If You Do This

Allah Promises To Guide You — If You Do This

This is the only ayah where Allah promises guidance with three emphases. He could have simply said:

But instead Allah says لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا — these letters in Arabic are used to emphasize: 100% definitely, 100% guaranteed, I will guide you — if you do this one thing.

What is that thing? الجهاد في الله. What does it mean? جاهَدَ يُجَاهِدُ — to struggle, to fight.

Which Enemy? Who Are You Fighting?

Yourself. Our greatest enemy is ourselves.

I'll give you an example. When it comes night time — 9pm — you like to turn on the television and watch some TV serials until midnight. Then you say, "Oh, Allah is not waking me up for tahajjud."

Okay, first step — let's sacrifice the TV serials. Watch for 10 minutes, turn it off. Go to bed early. Yeah, it's easy for me to say this, right? It will take you six months to do it. Because it's really jihad. To say no to yourself is a jihad. It's a fight. It's tough. It's not easy.

And then to have a light dinner. And then to put three alarms on and put them in different places. This is all jihad. You're fighting yourself.

The Promise of Allah

If you do all of these steps, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will 100% let you enjoy the sweetness of tahajjud.

But did you fight yourself? Did you try? Did we struggle?