"I keep praying and God doesn't seem to be listening to me"
"Why is God giving me the opposite of my prayers?"

In my search for understanding, one of the strongest lessons I learned are:

⇢ the same events that we think would leave us feeling like we lost something important-something that we thought belonged to us was taken away-are the same events that bring those things to us.


⇢ The method might be in a different to get it (the shape it comes in or the path we go through) But it is what we wished, need and asked for.


وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
 سورة البقرة اية 216

One other thing, we won't necessarily understand it all... Or it might take time...

الإيمان بالغيب
Believing in the unseen is part of the religion the challenge. IF we all see what it is all the time it's not anymore believing in the unseen? 


Our job is to ask and seek, God replies:

1⇢ the way He sees best (How)
فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ (61
[ الشعراء : 61]

2⇢the time He sees best (When)
حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَى نَصْرُ اللَّهِ
 سورة البقرة اية 216
They didn't know when Gods help would come, or when they would die or when people would believe them or when the day of Judgment would be
Whatever shape and path and whenever it comes with.


The real question is.. do we trust God?

More tomorrow about dealing with not knowing- or when we find ourselves asking the question Why... why is this happening or if I only knew why I could move on.

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بحث عن علم النفس من المنظور القرآني
النية: قلب يعقل(بالعربي والإنجليزي)
Hi! My name is Noorah, and this is where we help close the gap between Modern Psychology and what Allah says about us in His Book (in both English and Arabic).

I also share secrets and insights into the most common questions I get asked in my private 1 on 1 sessions and my thoughts on them that I don’t share anywhere else. 

To help us:

1- Answer life's BIGGEST questions(or at least start with the right questions!)
2- Go back to the core
3- Bring Allah back into our life

A little bit more about me:

I am a coach, an artist, and the founder of In Conversation. I believe we're all created differently and there's a reason why we're here, and it's my job to help you figure it out. 

Psychology in The Quran is my secret hobby, the glue to everything I do, and I am so glad you're here 💛

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Noorah

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