I feel distant from Allah
This happens to almost everyone, including people who have been Muslim their whole lives. Feeling distant is not the same as being abandoned, and it is not evidence that something is wrong with you.
Sabeel — educational summary
What Allah says
Quran
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ
And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
Reference · Quran 2:186 — translation by Saheeh International
What this is saying
The verse answers a question about where Allah is by saying He is near, and that He responds to the one who calls. Notice it does not make the nearness conditional on feeling it. The distance you are sensing is in the feeling, not in the fact.
Sabeel — educational summary
Something small you can do
- Pray one prayer today slowly enough to understand a single sentence of it.
- Say one dua in your own language, in your own words, about exactly this.
- Do not try to fix all five prayers at once. Pick the next one.
Alongside this
You are not expected to fix this today.

