Pray. Keep praying. Never give up prayer. Never stop asking Allah. Prayer is the strength at the time of hardship. Prayer is the solace at the time of loss. Prayer is the sweetness at the time of blessings. Allah has many attributes that we understand only when we seek knowledge about them. Allah is the Giver, He is the Sustainer and the Provider. He is the One Who Protects and Guides. He is the Watchful and the All Seeing and Knowing. He is free from all kinds of imperfections like the need, dependency and weakness. Unlike His Creations He is free from all wants and needs and nobody can dictate or dominate Him. When we ask Him we should have all these great attributes and more of Allah the Almighty in mind. We are asking the One Who is not in need of anyone. Who is the Master, the Originator, the Planner and the Disposer of all affairs of the whole Universe that we know and that we do not know due to our limited knowledge.
Prayer gives us strength because it helps us build a direct connection with the Possessor of all the Strength and all the Might.
The Quran mentions many incidents of the Prophets of Allah where they ask Allah for help in the most difficult moments of their life and Allah relieves them of their troubles. Allah likes those who turn to Him alone for help without a third party intervention. You and I are the creation of Allah. He did not involve anyone in His plan of action. He is the only Creator and Originator of the heavens and the earths and whatever these two contain. He did not get tired when He created everything neither did He ask anyone to help out. He is the only one Who is worthy of worship and obedience and complete submission.
The Prophets called their nations toward worshiping the one and only god Allah and to shun the worship of all false gods. But this was not that simple. People followed the footsteps of their ancestors and followed their traditions blindly without giving a thought that they might be doing wrong all along. But Allah sent the Prophets with Guidance toward them each time. Many did not follow them and went to the extent of harming them in the worst ways. Allah gave respite to them to an extent but when they denied the Truth even after it was made evident to them like daylight before their eyes they were punished for their arrogance.
The Prophets put all their efforts in calling their nation to the message of Truth but they were mocked at and tortured by their people. When the troubles reached a point where it became too hard to bear they called on their Lord, Allah the Almighty to help them.
Allah sent His help to them in the darkest of times:
He listened to Muhammad peace be upon him
[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
He listened to Yusuf peace be upon him
So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
He answered the prayer of Nuh peace be upon him
And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah ] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.
And Allah responded to Ayyub peace be upon him
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allah ].
And when Yunus peace be upon him was inside the fish
And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
And when Zakariyya peace be upon him asked Allah for a son, though he was old and his wife was barren
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
Allah says in the Quran
Indeed, in this [Qur'an] is notification for a worshipping people. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds. Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
All these signs and more are there in the Quran where we find Allah asking His servants to ask, to seek His help and to turn to Him alone in the hard times and good times as well.
Allah is the Most Powerful and He is the only one Who can Forgive our sins and mistakes and make things easy and manageable for us.
Instead of dwindling here and there we must fix the needle of our faith toward Allah alone and keep the pendulum of our prayers always swinging to and fro between love and hope of Mercy from Allah, till we breathe our last.
