How to connect with the Divine

How to connect with the Divine it is not overly complicated.

There are some basic principles. That are stated in the Quran over and over again .

But there are people who overuse the remembrance of Allah.  Through countless recitations and formulas for prayers . They come to me too. For ways to pass exams, For ways to improve their business prospects , But they miss the point. The goals and desires we have in this world have to be achieved by worldly means. I am not in favor of secluding yourself somewhere far away to do endless recitations, or to listen to Surah Rahman to get what you want in the immediate term . What I am giving you instead is a method to submit yourself and I am telling you how to apply this method  

    The end goal of which is to present yourself to your Lord, fully and completely.  It’s not Surah Rahman that will give you this or that thing, so don’t make it into a deity in and of itself . Use it for its real purpose, as a means to meet your Lord, and to surrender to Him. 

And whatever you desire in this world, go about trying to achieve those things within the bounds set by God and his Prophet, and within those bounds, work hard for what you want. You can also offer two nafal namaz, or namaz-e-hajat, but then you must leave the result to God 

While you keep trying your hardest, your absolute hardest, for success. 

Dr M. Javed Ahmed