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Reflections on Surah Ar-Rum Ayah 54
۞ الله الذي خلقكم من ضعف ثم جعل من بعد ضعف قوة ثم جعل من بعد قوة ضعفا وشيبة يخلق ما يشاء وهو العليم القدير ٥٤
۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍۢ قُوَّةًۭ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍۢ ضَعْفًۭا وَشَيْبَةًۭ ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ ٥٤
۞ ٱللَّهُﱧ ﱨ
ٱلَّذِيﱩ
خَلَقَكُمﱪ
مِّنﱫ
ضَعۡفٖﱬ
ثُمَّﱭ
جَعَلَﱮ
مِنۢﱯ
بَعۡدِﱰ
ضَعۡفٖﱱ
قُوَّةٗﱲ
ثُمَّﱳ
جَعَلَﱴ
مِنۢﱵ
بَعۡدِﱶ
قُوَّةٖﱷ
ضَعۡفٗاﱸ
وَشَيۡبَةٗۚﱹﱺ
يَخۡلُقُﱻ
مَاﱼ
يَشَآءُۚﱽﱾ
وَهُوَﱿ
ٱلۡعَلِيمُﲀ
ٱلۡقَدِيرُﲁ
٥٤ﲂ
It is Allah Who created you in a state of weakness, then developed ˹your˺ weakness into strength, then developed ˹your˺ strength into weakness and old age.1 He creates whatever He wills. For He is the All-Knowing, Most Capable.
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28 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 30:54
Quick reflection: #weakness #crying #need
Allah ﷻ reminds us often about our weakness. The time when we were nothing but a baby, tiny and incapable of doing anything except crying. It makes me wonder... why were we made this way?
Every animal in the animal kingdom has at least some capabilities and strengths even when they are newly born. Foals can stand upright. Baby fish can swim and search for their own food. Not many crea...
Allah ﷻ reminds us often about our weakness. The time when we were nothing but a baby, tiny and incapable of doing anything except crying. It makes me wonder... why were we made this way?
Every animal in the animal kingdom has at least some capabilities and strengths even when they are newly born. Foals can stand upright. Baby fish can swim and search for their own food. Not many crea...
31 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 30:54
In Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 54, Allah describes the trajectory of our lives through a lens of fluctuating strength:
"Allah is He Who created you in weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave you weakness and grey hair..."
When reflecting on this, it becomes clear that our lives are divinely divided into three distinct stages: childhood, adulthood, and the elderly years.
1. Childhood: in our first third, we are defined b...
"Allah is He Who created you in weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave you weakness and grey hair..."
When reflecting on this, it becomes clear that our lives are divinely divided into three distinct stages: childhood, adulthood, and the elderly years.
1. Childhood: in our first third, we are defined b...
3 years ago · Referencing Ayah 30:54
Bismillah
Scared of old age?
Now a days old age homes are popping up.We are hearing many cases of Alzheimer’s and some are scared too. May Allah keep us all in afiya Āmēn
If we are habitually in the habit of reciting morning and evening duas or duas after salah then we are seeking Allah’s protection from senile old age . سبحان الله
There is always a solution in our Deen even before we anticipate the problem. That's why we need to stick to ...
Scared of old age?
Now a days old age homes are popping up.We are hearing many cases of Alzheimer’s and some are scared too. May Allah keep us all in afiya Āmēn
If we are habitually in the habit of reciting morning and evening duas or duas after salah then we are seeking Allah’s protection from senile old age . سبحان الله
There is always a solution in our Deen even before we anticipate the problem. That's why we need to stick to ...
3 years ago · Referencing Ayah 30:54
Day 21, Answer 21, #AyahLookup Challenge
(Question was posted here: https://quranreflect.com/posts/23640#comments)
We are Weak!
Sorry if this statement hurts our ego!
Sorry if this goes against whatever motivational quote we may have read in a self-help industry,
Sorry if this shakes our self-confidence (Hint: in Islam we are taught to honor ourselves, but only have confidence and trust in Allah! so there is nothing in ourselves to be con...
(Question was posted here: https://quranreflect.com/posts/23640#comments)
We are Weak!
Sorry if this statement hurts our ego!
Sorry if this goes against whatever motivational quote we may have read in a self-help industry,
Sorry if this shakes our self-confidence (Hint: in Islam we are taught to honor ourselves, but only have confidence and trust in Allah! so there is nothing in ourselves to be con...