*"Your status is exactly where Allah has kept you occupied."*

*How beautifully a pious elder has said:*

If you want to know what your status is in the sight of Allah, then look at what kind of work He keeps you busy with:

*If He keeps you occupied in His remembrance (Zikr),*

then know that He wants to remember you.

*If He keeps you busy with the Quran,*

then understand that He wants to speak with you.

*If He occupies you in righteous deeds,*

then know that He wants to bring you close to Himself.

*If He entangles you in worldly affairs,*

then understand that He is distancing you.

*If He keeps you occupied in the personal affairs of people (gossip/interference),*

then know that He wants to make you worthless.

*If He occupies you in supplication (Dua),*

then believe that He wants to bestow blessings upon you.

*If He engages you in beneficial knowledge,*

then He wants you to gain His recognition (Ma'rifat).

*If He engages you in Jihad in the cause of Allah,*

then He wants to choose you for Himself.

*If He occupies you in serving humanity and doing good deeds,*

then know that He is engaging you in the works of His love.

*And if He keeps you busy in unnecessary tasks,*

then understand that He is removing you from His love.

*If He keeps you occupied in distorting religion or in acts of His disobedience,*

then know that He is depriving you of His love.

*And if He lets you remain occupied in causing pain and distress to His servants,*

then know that you are being deprived of ultimate goodness.

*Therefore, reflect upon your own state as to what work you are busy with, because your status is exactly where Allah has kept you occupied.*

*Allah Allah Allah*

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