If He grants you His protection, He will surprise you!
This special protection entails kindness and help to His servants:
{Allah is the Protector of those who believe; He brings them out of the depths of darkness into the light...}
[Surat al - Baqarah: 257]
This also entails mercy and for giveness of sins:
{...You are our Guardian, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, for You are the Best of the Forgivers. }
[Surat al - Baqarah: 257]
And it entails help and support against the enemies
:{...You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.}
[Surat al - Baqarah: 286]
Allah Almighty says:
{But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best of helpers.}
[Surat Ᾱ l ‘Imr ān: 150]
Also, Allah’s protection entails admission into Paradise and salvation from Hellfire. Allah Almighty says:
{They will have the Home of Peace with their Lord, and He will be their Protector because of what they used to do.}
[Surat al - An‘ām : 127]
It is a great favor from Allah that He becomes your Protector. In the Qur’an, He says:
{...What an excellent Protector and an excellent Helper!}
[Surat al- Anfāl: 40]
If Allah is your protector, you have attained security in this world and in the Hereafter:
{...They are the ones who will be secure, and it is they who are rightly guided.}
[Surat al - An‘ām: 82]
You feel reassured because Allah Almighty is with you. You constantly say:
{Say, “Nothing will ever befall us except that which Allah has decreed for us; He is our Protector.” And in Allah alone let the believers put their trust.}
[Surat at - Tawbah: 51]
He may harden your circumstances and make it difficult for you with the aim of selecting you:
{But We wanted to bestow favor upon those who were oppressed in t he land, and make them leaders and inheritors [of the land].}
[Surat al - Qasas: 5]
{Allah is the Protector of those who believe; He brings them out of the depths of darkness into the light...}
[Surat al - Baqarah: 257]
This also entails mercy and forgiveness of sins:
{... You are our Guardian, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, for You are the Best of the Forgivers.}
[Surat al - A‘rāf: 155]
And it entails help and support against the enemies:
{...You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.}
[Sur at al - Baqarah: 286]
Allah Almighty says:
{But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best of helpers.}
[Surat Ᾱ l ‘Imrān: 150]
Also, Allah’s protection entails admission into Paradise and salvation from Hellfire. Allah Almighty says:
{They will have the Hom e of Peace with their Lord, and He will be their Protector because of what they used to do.}
[Surat al - An‘ām: 127]
It is a great favor from Allah that He becomes your Protector. In the Qur’an, He says:
{...What an excellent Protector and an exc ellent Helpe r!}
[Surat al - Anfāl: 40]
If Allah is your protector, you have attained security in this world and in the Hereafter:
{...They are the ones who will be secure, and it is they who are rightly guided.}
[Surat al - An‘ām: 82]
You feel reassured because Allah Almighty is with you. You constantly say:
{Say, “Nothing will ever befall us except that which Allah has decreed for us; He is our Protector.” And in Allah alone let the believers put their trust.}
[Surat at - Tawbah: 51]
He may harden your circumstances and make it difficult for you with the aim of selecting you:
{But We wanted to bestow favor upon those who were oppressed i n the land, and make them leaders and inheritors [of the land].}
[Surat al - Qasas: 5]
If your Lord grants you His protection, then you are under great care and enjoying a grand blessing; you err and He punishes you; you act extravagantly and He withholds things from you; and you behave arrogantly and He disciplines you. This is only because He is your protector, and what an excellent Protector and an excellent Helper!
You know with certain knowledge that this is a punishment from a loving Lord, not a punishment, for Allah does not punish His beloved servants.
{The Jews and Christians say, “We are Allah’s children and His beloved ones. ” Say, “Why then does He punish you for your sins? Rather, you are humans just like anyone else He created...}
[Surat al - Mā’idah: 18]
{The Jews and Christians say, “We are Allah’s children and His beloved ones.” Say, “Why then does He punish you for your sins? Rather, you are humans just like anyone else He created...}
[Surat al - Mā’idah: 18]
My Lord, You are worthy of showing benevolence, and to You belong great grace and abundant bounty.
So pardon me, for I am at Your door, broken and humiliated.
O Allah, we implore You by Your name “Al-Mawla” to confer Your favor upon us and admit us into Paradise and to make us among Your pious servants and allies, in public and in secret.
