There was once a queen who, one day, decided that she would grant her subjects whatever wish they put forward. People asked for money, houses, maybe in today's world, a Mercedes, holiday villa, private jet, what have you. One man, however, asked for something very different. He asked her to marry him. The queen was very taken aback, but nonetheless, she remained undismissive. She told him that she would marry him on the condition that he could provide a substantial justification for his wish. And he did. He said that while others were ignorantly asking for their petty desires, he was asking for the source of these things. If he married her, he would have acquired all the things that her other subjects were asking for.
Why do we make the mistakes that the queen's other subjects made? We know who the source of all our sustainance, happiness, satisfaction, content, and every other desirable entity is, and yet we run desperately after His resources. We forget. We are trying to use God.
I hope you understand my point, and if you do, then inshAllah the following line from Du3a Abu Hamza Thumali will be of benefit to you:
اللّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَمْلأ قَلْبِي حُبّاً لَكَ وَخَشْيَةً مِنْكَ
O' my Lord! I ask You to saturate my heart with Your love, fearing and observing You...
If God answers this prayer for you, then what need is there to run after anything?
Beautiful parable. And yet so true.
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