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Sister HighHopes
Thanks so much for sharing and your wonderful insight .
I like to let you know how I look at the following views youve mentioned because it helps me put my life perspective in order .

I couldn't help but smile when I read that but I think it would sound more like this “well you made more dua for yourself and said to give you more attention than everyone else and strove harder than all others, so good for you here's a spot for you in Janat al-Firdous while everyone else who made less dua for themselves and strove less is going to be under you in Jannah because they don’t deserve it”. You see , Allah treats his servant the way his servant thinks of him to be. There is a hadith on this by the prophet I will try to locate it for you.

So we should never think of him in our terms . I think of Allah as most gracious and merciful who loves to show his love and kindness because it is the highest show of his 'stature' (for lack of a better word ) .

We should have High Hopes just like your log in ID suggests.

There are things in the human nature Allah likes more then anything else. By consciously training yourself to want the best for even the people who might appear to be sinners and non deserving by whatever criteria in the Afterlife and the life here we achieve something special .

We try and achieve a state of generosity in our heart and mind. Now I ask you a simple question , ' If you as a creation of Allah can achieve this state of generosity toward others can you begin to comprehend how Allah will treat you and everyone else ? '

I try and be such but am not close to it , hope to reform myself.

But if any one asked “Would you like to be the most beloved to Allah SWT?” What would they say? Or if they were asked “Would you like so and so to be more beloved than you to Allah SWT?”, what would they answer? What would you answer? What would I answer? If that young sahabi couldn’t even pass up his turn to drink from the Prophet’s SAW cup because he was sitting to the right of our Habib SAW, how can we ever entertain, for a second, idea of passing up Allah’s SWT exclusive special love? Wallahu a'lam. You never know who is more beloved to Allah , it might be the most unlikely person you know. We do not know a persons life from the snapshots we get . We judge from our limited notions.

The one who Allah loves if you love them he will love you also for their sake. I consider myself lowly in the ranks of love , do not dare to call myself a proper lover at all .

But I love Allah's lovers and the most high of them is Prophet

On the day of judgement and on life on this earth Allah will look upon me and you with love and affection more likely for the love we have for his rightful lovers and save us from shame on their behalf.

Allah is most beautiful and he makes his loved ones beautiful in every way.