Our Goal in Life

bismellah

All Praise is for Allah, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon His 

beloved Messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. 

We are grateful to Allah subhana wa ta'ala for giving us the 

opportunity to sit in His remembrance. For truly it is a great favour 

indeed that despite all worldly distractions He has brought us to His 

House (mosque). Then sat us in His dhikr. And by sitting in His dhikr 

Allah subhana wa ta'ala helps us to get closer to Him and for every 

Muslim the true goal in life is to attain the pleasure of Allah 

subhana wa ta'ala. 

Apart from that we all have a common interest, that we would all like 

to love Allah subhana wa ta'ala and we ourselves would like to be 

loved by our Lord Most High. 

Now is it not strange that a person has a certain desire or goal in 

life but doesn't make any effort to achieve it?

Surely it is a basic rule in this world that when a person has a 

particular interest or hobby, he does not waste any time. He spends 

most of his time in an activity that will help him achieve his goal. 

For example if a person wants to be good at a particular sport, he 

would play that sport very regularly and often spend a lot of money 

and time on trying to achieve his objective.

So truly if our objective in life is to be loved by Allah, and we 

also know that this can happen through doing His dhikr in abundance, 

then why is it that we not make ourselves busy in His remembrance?

The formula for achieving this is straightforward, Allah subhana wa 

ta'ala has stated in the Qur'an 'Fadhkurooni adhkurkum' (Remember Me 

and I will remember you). It is stated in a Hadeeth that Allah 

remembers His servant as soon as he remembers Allah.

Subhanallah, can you imagine the Lord Most High, The creator of the 

Heavens and the Earth remembering you? Indeed that is great thing. 

And this method for achieving our objective is so easy that it almost 

defies belief.

In a Hadeeth transmitted by Bukhari it is stated that Abu Hurayrah 

radhiallah anhu narrated that Allah's Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa 

sallam said "Allah Almighty says, 'I am towards My servant as he is 

towards Me. I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me 

alone, I remember him alone. If he remembers Me in a gathering, I 

remember him in a gathering better than it."

writer: Anas