Having a relationship with Allah is more than just spending a few minutes in the morning or evening in making dua, and then going out into the world and doing whatever one pleases. That would make the relationship a fraud. True religion is  a person’s heeding his Lord in every situation, his keeping his activities within the bounds of what the Lord has commanded and prohibited, acknowledging his human frailties, and seeking the help of the Lord whenever he is beset with difficulties.

—Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ghazali

Remembrance and Prayer, 1996. Amana Publications.