When Everything You Tried Has Failed

When Everything You Tried Has Failed

When everything you tried has failed, do not lose hope in Allah. That is the gravest of sins.

Ibrahim (alayhis salam) — when the two angels come to him and they say to him, "You're going to have a son, Allah has gifted you this son," he says, "Me? How can I have a son?" And they say to Ibrahim:

"Do not ever be a person who loses hope from Allah."

Ibrahim (alayhis salam) says:

"Nobody loses hope in Allah except people who are lost."

You Have Not Lost More Hope Than They Did

Many of us sitting here have lost hope in Allah. We have been asking Him, we have been pleading with Him, we have been trying — and nothing's happening. And we lose hope.

You have not lost more hope than Zakaria (alayhis salam) after 100 years of trying to have a child.

You have not lost more hope than Ayub (alayhis salam) after decades of chronic illness.

You have not lost more hope than Ibrahim (alayhis salam), whose father threw him into a fire.

You have not lost more hope than the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) — who buried his mother with his hands, who buried his son with his hands, who buried his uncle with his hands. How many of his loved ones died in front of his own eyes?

They Never Lost Hope

And yet, after all of that, they never lost hope in Allah. And so Allah — always, after a long wait and a long patience — He opened the door to them.