THE purpose?

-بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ ﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم

a spark of determination, 

a blink of hope, 

a sense of light,

one that brings me closer to Allah. 

i'm praying for that.

no excuses,

no lies,

no broken promises.

Even the biggest of hardships is a blessing if it brings you closer to Allah.

There is nothing wrong with making duaa for 'worldly' things as long as they are halal. The problem is when we confuse the tool (everything created) and the goal (Allah). Even when we get or use 'worldly' things, their ultimate intended purpose is to aid us in our journey to our End: Allah. Instead we use Allah to aid us in our journey to worldly things.

Yasmin Mogahed.

-between the beginning and the end is the purpose.-