Browsing: One God Many Names

Your small boat may be able to take you to the edge of an ocean, but it cannot make you sail through it. Similarly, your mind may guide you to the Oneness of Allāh, but never will it be able to fully encompass His wisdom and endless subtleties upon you.

Cast aside every weak and helpless mortal and instead cast your eyes towards the Maker of them all.

Realise who you are: a dignified human being and a servant of Al-Karīm, a name of which one of the meanings is the Honoured One.

“O Ḥalīm, you have been so forbearing towards me. Never deprive me of it, for my life cannot function for a single second without it.”

Trust Him, be content with Him, and watch how you will live in bliss with Him.

When hearts are devoid of Al-Samīʿ and Al-Baṣir, the pursuit for comfort becomes one of lifelong toil and despair.

“You can read all the theories you want, you can take every medicine on the shelf, you can try knocking on every door and visit every avenue in search for this gem called happiness and peace of mind, but you will not find it anywhere except where Allah taught us to find it: the doorstep of worship.”

This majestic name of Allāh has not appeared in the Qur’ān but has in the Sunnah…

Your degrees, savings, health, splendid appearance, land, and loved ones are all on loan to you and shall soon be returned to their lender – Al-Malik – once your examination through them is complete.

Al-Ghafūr’s happiness to have you back is not any ordinary one…