Assalamu'alaikum, peace be upon you.
And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh: Behold she said: "O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to Thee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings, and save me from those that do wrong" [Surah At-Tahrim 66:11]
Asiya, being the wife of the Pharaoh, had pyramids and castles and anything she could have ever asked for in this world. But she prayed for a mansion in Jannah, that is situated close to Allah, and denied and prayed to be saved from Pharoah the owner of all the material goods of his world. Subhanallah, how enlightened she was; unblinded from the fact that in her material richness, she was poor. And that while being the wife of a mighty ruler, she was in need of saving from her wretched state.
Dear Allah, unblind me from the deceit of the material richness of this world. Do not allow me to take coal for gold and do not allow me to chase signboards instead of the destination. Make me fantasize about gardens and mansions and springs and thrones and fruits and rivers and serenity and Your Face; the ni'mats promised to dwellers of Jannah. And remind me constantly that the house with a lap pool and purple crawling flowers and heavy good wood banisters and rocky-finished walls is nothing in comparison. For truly, your humble servant is constantly forgetful. Amin.
And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh: Behold she said: "O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to Thee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings, and save me from those that do wrong" [Surah At-Tahrim 66:11]
Asiya, being the wife of the Pharaoh, had pyramids and castles and anything she could have ever asked for in this world. But she prayed for a mansion in Jannah, that is situated close to Allah, and denied and prayed to be saved from Pharoah the owner of all the material goods of his world. Subhanallah, how enlightened she was; unblinded from the fact that in her material richness, she was poor. And that while being the wife of a mighty ruler, she was in need of saving from her wretched state.
Dear Allah, unblind me from the deceit of the material richness of this world. Do not allow me to take coal for gold and do not allow me to chase signboards instead of the destination. Make me fantasize about gardens and mansions and springs and thrones and fruits and rivers and serenity and Your Face; the ni'mats promised to dwellers of Jannah. And remind me constantly that the house with a lap pool and purple crawling flowers and heavy good wood banisters and rocky-finished walls is nothing in comparison. For truly, your humble servant is constantly forgetful. Amin.

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