The Perfect Libaas...

The layer of ultimate protection that is specified for a married couple is not a wall or barrier of some sort, but the spouse themselves.  Allah (SWT) describes the intimacy of this relationship in the following words:

…هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ …

“[…] They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them […]” (Qur’an 2:187)

This comparison is poignantly perfect in so many ways! Husbands and wives protect and beautify each other, complement and complete one another, hide each other’s defects and are identified by each other…

There are no fairytale marriages, so do not get deluded by that myth. The Prophet ﷺ and the Sahabah (Companions) Radiallahu `anhu (may Allah be pleased with them) had disagreements with their wives but they sought a higher purpose in their existence. Seek that higher purpose of Paradise and you will be granted, insha’Allah (God willing), a marriage which is of the ayaat (signs) of Allah (SWT):

وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا لِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةًۭ وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

“And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.” (Qur’an 30:21)

Feel overwhelmed?

2:286

لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ 

The more you get closer to Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala, the more you are tested and the more strength He gives you to overcome these tests.

Remember that Allah Subhana WaTa'ala does not burden a soul beyond it can bear. La yukallifullahu nafsan illa wus’aha. [2:286] You may not think you are capable of handling your problems but He knows very well you can.

And if that’s not one of the greatest testimonies of Allah's love for us, then I am not sure what else can be...

a tiny lesson...

"We enter the world in a state the Quran calls *fitra*, our original state and inherent nature that is disposed to accept faith and prefer morality. But we soon learn anxiety mainly from our parents and then our societies. The heart is created vulnerable to anxiety and agitation: 

إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا (Quran, 70:19). 
{Indeed, mankind was created anxious}

Those who are protected from this state are people of prayer, people who establish prayer and guard its performance with a humble and open heart connected with God, the Lord of all creation. The highest ranks among people are those who do not allow anything to divert them from the remembrance of God. They are the ones who remember God as they are standing, sitting, and reclining on their sides (Quran, 3:91)."

(The Purification of the Heart: Translator's Introduction, H. Yusuf, 2004, p.6)

true love.

The best love is when you find someone who makes your iman rise, who makes you more pious, and who helps you in the dunya because that person wants to meet you again in Jannah...