Spiritual Counsel: Wisdom on Turning to God from the Islamic Tradition

Continuing from the previous episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani delves into the good deeds one should implement to reach the love of Allah Most High. In addition to the obligatory duties to the Divine, one should be dutiful to parents, maintain family ties, be good to the Divine’s creation, and give preference to family and neighbors. He elaborates that additional prayer, fasting, remembrance, and sending blessings on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are all of the best ways to reach God.

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani describes the keys to reaching the love of Allah Most High. Some of these are 1) repentance and refraining from all things He dislikes, 2) opposing one’s desires, 3) Tawaqul (trust), 4) Yaqeen (complete certitude), and more. He encourages engaging one’s tongue and heart in remembrance of the Divine and explains how to engage in this act.

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What are the aims of knowing and loving Allah Most High? In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that the fruits of knowing and loving Allah Most High are attaining the Divine’s pleasure. He details three critical ways believers can increase conscious knowledge of and love for Allah Most High. These are 1) abundant remembrance of the Divine, 2) an increase in supererogatory works, and 3) following the Sunnah.

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that love for and becoming closer to Allah Most High is attained by following the Prophetic sunnah. This love is driven by two factors: 1) inclination and 2) choice. He cites hadiths wherein Allah Most High speaks about His love for Creation and elucidates how we can embrace the Divine’s love.

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What does it mean to reach Allah Most High? Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that the reality of the Divine’s essence and perfection is not within human comprehension. He elaborates that reaching Allah Most High is having true love and knowledge of Him and being consciously aware of Him. He reminds us that Allah is with us wherever we are and asks that we reflect on our consciousness of His closeness.

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What is the most intense quality believers possess? Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that Allah Most High loves the qualities of steadfastness (sabr), gratitude (shukr), trust (tawakkul), hope (raja), and genuine reverential awe (khawf). However, these are all tied to one fundamental quality: having intense love for Him. He shares how to make everything we do an expression of love for Allah Most High.

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani shares four keys to a transformative Ramadan: (1) Reconnecting with the Quran; (2) Reconnecting with key relations—especially parents, family, and friends; (3) Renewing a commitment to physical health—which has great spiritual benefits, especially in the context of fasting; and (4) Asking—and answering—the critical question: “So, where are you headed in life?”

Shaykh Faraz explains each of these, and the practical to apply these in this brief but powerful and uplifting counsel as we enter the blessed month of Ramadan and fasting.

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Admittance into Paradise is every believer’s goal. In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani elaborates on some of the causes for entering Jannah (paradise). He also cautions against four traits of the nafs (lower self) we must eradicate: (1) haughtiness, (2) pride, (3) insincerity, and (4) deliberately planning sin. Shaykh Rabbani explains the steps one can take to prevent your lower self from its baseless desires and reminds us of the verse: “Do not turn your nose up at people, nor walk about the place arrogantly, for God does not love arrogant or boastful people.” (Quran, 31:18).

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani reminds us that the time to act is now. He clarifies the important distinction between true hope (raja’) and false hope (umniya)—and clarifies the urgency of time.

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains the essential reality of Allah’s true blessings upon us. His blessings aren’t just the pleasing things that manifest in our lives. Rather, the greatest blessings Allah has blessed us with are inseparable from us. These are the blessings of:

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