All gems taken from book gems of Ramadan by Shaykh Ahmad jibril
Get up my brother and sister and shake the dust of sins off your back. Spice up and decorate your Tawbah more by making Wudhu and two Rak'ah. Declare your Tawbah to Him, cry in agony ov...
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One should do his worship longing and yearning to Allah, to jump to His worship. And worship, it is a meeting between you and Allah so look forward to it. Look at the story of Musa 'alayhis-salaam when he had a meeting with Allah. Allah quotes him as saying, he himself says to Allah:
And I hastened to You, O my Lord, that You might be pleased. {Surat Taha 20: Verse 84}
And that is our topic. After Allah destroyed Fir'awn, Allah made an appointment with Musa 'alayhis-salaam and Bani Israel (the Children of Israel), and that is where Allah spoke to him by the mountain and where he asked to see Allah, and where he was given the Tawraah. When he left Bani Israel back with Haroon 'alayhis-salaam and the appointment with Allah got closer, Musa 'alayhis-salaam quickly hastened his footsteps and sped to the meeting.
Musa 'alayhis-salaam could have walked slowly, sluggishly. The appointment is set with Allah, the appointment is not going to be missed. But Musa 'alayhis-salaam sped because he longed to meet Allah and he was eager to speak to Allah. You have 5 daily meetings with Allah, not even that, you have every single minute of Ramadhaan as a meeting with Allah. You can walk sluggishly to it, you can sprint to it, and you can cancel the meeting altogether. It is your choice.
What made Musa 'alayhis-salaam hasten to the meeting with Allah? That is because he enjoyed it. He enjoyed a meeting with Allah, to converse with Allah, he enjoyed worship. You will not enjoy worship unless you ignite your longing and yearning and love to Allah. If someone responds to another who he loves, he responds to something they ask without that hasten and spark, that special excitement, you call that cold love, love with no flavour or taste.
Your Ibadaah (worship) is your main course, you sprinkle that main course with longing and yearning to Allah so you can add excitement when you perform it.
Let us diagnose why we lose our longing and yearning to Allah. As times passes, your heart gets Raan on it, as Allah said:
Nay! But on their hearts is the Raan (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn. {Surat al-Mutaffifeen 83: Verse14}
Raan (ران) are little black dots that are put on a heart every time one commits a sin. For some, they are washed away when they repent. And for others, it becomes a black heart like a crow. Now is the prosperous season to wash that Raan away. That rust needs to be deoxidized and those clothing need to be refurbished. You need to revive your longing to Allah, it may be dead but this is something you can bring back to life. It may be covered, but you can always clean it up.
HOW DO I REVIVE MY LONGING TO ALLAH?
In these few moments, let us take four quick steps to doing so.
☆ ☆ TAKE THE QUR'AN TO HEART ☆ ☆
Recite the Qur'an, understand the meaning and contemplate it, and understand the names and qualities of Allah as you read the Qur'an. Read the translation when you read the Qur'an, if you do not know the Arabic meaning. Read the Tafseer, we all have Tafseer Ibn Katheer and it has been translated, one of the greatest achievements. Hearts have a lock and you must break that lock to understand Qur'an.
