Am I Even Worthy of Making Dua?
By Qalbun Yaqzaan | قلبٌ يقظان — A Heart That Can No Longer Sleep
I watch Gaza genocide unfold before my eyes daily. Congo. Sudan. Myanmar. Pakistan. Iran. Afghanistan. Muslims bleeding, displaced, divided — attacked by kuffar, while too often we turn against our own too.
And I make dua.
Sincere, desperate duas. I ask Allah to protect them, unite us, stop the oppressors, awaken our leaders.
But then I look around me.
Our children are drowning in drugs. Sexual abuse is rampant. Haram relationships are normalised. Corruption, bribery, theft — even murder — have become frighteningly common.
And yet, millions of us are making dua — in our prayers, Tahajjud, Umrah and Hajj. Among those raised hands are great scholars, pious men and women, our elderly, our youth, even children.
“So why does it feel like nothing is changing?”
I know Allah may delay an answer, give something better, or preserve its reward for the Akhirah. I believe that.
But still, my heart asks: Why is Allah not answering me?
Perhaps I need to ask myself:
- Do I truly mean my dua?
- Is it from my heart — or just my tongue?
- Do I genuinely want what I am asking for?
- Am I willing for change to begin with me?
- What sins am I refusing to leave?
- Have I sincerely repented?
- What wrong am I ignoring?
- What can I actually do?
- Who can I support in my community?
Perhaps we keep asking Allah to remove the symptoms while tolerating the disease — our silence, compromises, sins and indifference.
So perhaps my question is no longer, “Why isn’t Allah answering me?”
It is: “What does Allah expect me to become after I say Amin?”
- Leave one sin.
- Challenge one wrong.
- Protect one child.
- Speak one truth.
- Repair one injustice.
- Look within your community. Find those making a difference and stand with them.
Become part of the dua you are making.
Then leave the outcome to Allah — His wisdom, His timing, His Qadr.
Ya Allah, change what is within us, protect the oppressed, unite this Ummah, and make our duas become action.
