Allah (swt) tells us over and over that we should call upon Him and He will respond: “And your Lord says, ‘Call upon Me; I will respond to you’” (40:60).
The Quran is so full of prophets and righteous people (and even those who were not righteous) who called upon Allah in need, and Allah (swt) responded to them.
One of these duas I have always loved is the dua of Aasiya, who was exposed to torture at the hands of her husband, Pharaoh and his henchmen. While she was being tortured, she cried out to Allah “My Lord, build for me near You a home in Jannah.”
Not only did Allah (swt) answer her dua and build her a home in Jannah, but He also showed her that home. She saw it before her eyes as she was being tortured and she smiled through the pain.
Among the many things that this story taught me is to ask Allah (swt) for the same for my family: nearness to Him in Jannah. It taught me about the necessity of tearing myself away from the torture that was inflicted upon my heart in this world, and to set my eyes on the lasting home of paradise.
It taught me that the temporary pain of this world, no matter how drawn out it seems, is worth the everlasting beauty of rewards in #Jannah](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/jannah?source=feed_text&story_id=802749203139847).
It also taught me to never stop asking Allah, even if what I was asking for was something “far-fetched” or something that I could not see or feel. It taught me to ask Him for whatever my heart needed, and to trust that He would always respond in a way that was best for me.
Now I am no longer surprised when my duas are answered. Not because I’m special or loved or anything. But because Allah (swt) promised to answer those who call upon Him. I’m not surprised because that promise isn’t limited to the prophets or the best of the righteous people. It is for all of us.
“And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided” (2:186).
— Sister Asmaa Hussein
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I’m not familiar to the story of Asiya, why was she tortured?
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Because of her belief…in Allah
May Allah grant make our character like these women of jannah Ameen
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Peace Tahurra,
Is story of Asiya related to dua?
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Walaikumussalam Warahamtullahi yes..it is
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And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, “My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people.” (11)surah at-tahreem