{"id":1,"date":"2026-07-08T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:00:32","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Heart is Weary, Never Stop Drawing Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are times when prostration feels so light upon the earth, the heart embraces peace, prayers flow without pause, <sup><\/sup>and His verses feel so close, gently caressing the soul. <sup><\/sup>Yet, we are not spared from the days when everything feels unbearably heavy. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mushaf remains still in its usual corner, yet our hands feel too stiff and powerless to reach for it. <sup><\/sup>The whispers of prayer grow shorter, and the dhikr uttered feels empty, devoid of life. <sup><\/sup>In the silence, we cry out, <em>\u201cWhy has my heart been cast so far away?\u201d<\/em> <sup><\/sup>Even though He has never distanced Himself, not even by an inch. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often, we are the ones who allow our hearts to dim; <sup><\/sup>overshadowed by the thick fog of exhaustion, the noise of worldly pursuits, <sup><\/sup>sins we forgot to weep for, or fleeting ambitions that suffocate the chest. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In truth, walking back to Him does not always require giant leaps. <sup><\/sup>Sometimes, that longing is remedied simply by opening a single sacred page, <sup><\/sup>whispering one silent word of gratitude, <sup><\/sup>raising our hands for a few seconds before closing our eyes, <sup><\/sup>or slipping a string of istighfar amidst the exhaustion of the world. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the journey to the Creator is not about who runs the fastest, but about how often we humble our egos and choose to find our way back home. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your heart feels distant today, do not give up. <sup><\/sup>Perhaps, He is merely waiting for you to knock on the door of His mercy just once more. <sup><\/sup>Know that He is the One who will never grow tired of embracing a servant who keeps trying to return. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May every page we slowly read, every verse of prayer we weave, and every small step we force ourselves to take with whatever strength remains\u2026 <sup><\/sup>one day become a luminous path to knowing Him more deeply, <sup><\/sup>to be completely enveloped by His love. <sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ada masa ketika sujud terasa begitu ringan memeluk bumi, hati merengkuh tenang, doa-doa mengalir tanpa jeda, dan ayat-ayat-Nya terasa begitu dekat mengusap jiwa. Namun, kita pun tak luput dari hari-hari di mana segalanya terasa teramat berat. Mushaf itu masih diam di sudut yang sama, namun tangan seolah kaku tak kuasa untuk meraihnya. Lirih doa memendek, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngaosbook.web.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}