[Machine] There was a man before you who devoted himself for a long time, and then he asked Allah for a need and fasted seventy consecutive Saturdays, eating only eleven dates on each Saturday. He said, "I asked Allah for a need, but He did not grant it to me." He then reflected upon himself and said, "O soul, you have been given what you wanted from your own desire. If there was any good in you, you would have been granted your need. But there is no good in you." At that moment, an angel came down to him and said, "O son of Adam, this moment you spent in struggling with yourself is better than all the worship you have done in the past, and Allah has granted you the need you asked for."  

كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ رَجُلٌ تَعَبَّدَ زَمَانًا ثُمَّ طَلَبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ حَاجَةً وَصَامَ سَبْعِينَ سَبْتًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ تَمْرَةً قَالَ فَطَلَبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ حَاجَةً فَلَمْ يُعْطِهَا قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِكِ أُتِيتُ لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ خَيْرٌ لَأُعْطِيتَ حَاجَتَكَ وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ خَيْرٌ فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ سَاعَتَئِذٍ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ سَاعَتُكَ هَذِهِ الَّتِي أَزْرَيْتَ فِيهَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ كُلِّهَا الَّتِي مَضَتْ وَقَدْ أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ حَاجَتَكَ الَّتِي سَأَلْتَ