Assalam Alikum wa rahmatu Allah wabarakatouh Do you want to know your status and value in the eyes of Allah? I have always wondered and thought about this and I am sure most of you have thought the same. Allah says: (And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me.") 89:15-16 Allah is telling us in this ayah that there is a common belief among us which is; when a person has a good life in this dunia with ease and comfort, it means they will also have it good in Akherah and when they have a difficult or restricted life in dunia this is a proof that they will have the same in Akhera. Allah then responded to this wrong belief in the next ayah by saying: Kal’a or No!!! So your belief is wrong!!!. When I heard this, I felt a sense of relief Alhamdulilah. The Prophet peace and blessings be upon him said: Allah Gives Dunya (worldly Affairs) to whom He loves and whom he doesn't love, but He doesn't give Iman(faith) except for whom He loves, for if He gave someone faith then he loves him. (hadith sahih narrated by Imam Ahmad) So if you want to know your status and value in the eyes of Allah, you should look at what Allah is using you for!! You should not look at your rizq!!! Because it is not part of the scale. What should you look at? You should look at where your feet like to go….. What your tongue prefers to say…..what your eyes like to look at….. What your ears enjoy listening to….and all the rest of your senses. If your feet like to go to the masjid, to a lecture, to visit your parents, to visit a sick person….. If your tongue prefers to read Quran, thikr and utter good words to please your fellow Muslims….. If your eyes enjoy looking at the blessings of Allah, reading the book of Allah, reading about your religion and hates looking at what is haram…. If your ears enjoy listening to the Quran, to a lecture, to your parents……… From this you get to know your status in the eyes of Allah…… in what kind of obedient acts and good deeds is Allah using you!!! Sit and value your life once and for all and have the neyya to start a new beginning with a better status and rank in the eyes of Allah Subhanhu wa Ta’alah