We love Allah so, so much, above all creation, for He is our creator. Our Lord, he is merciful, he loves to pardon, and he is ever-knowing and wise. He has 99 beautiful names just for him. Let us explore a few of these names:
Ar-Rahman: The most merciful
Al-Ghaffar: The constant forgiver
Ash-Shakur: The most appreciative
Al-Kareem: The most generous/noble
Al-Wadud: The most loving

Some names are traits that, even though they cannot be attained at the level of Allah, can be practiced in our daily lives. Allah is the most merciful, so we should show mercy to others. Allah is the constant forgiver, so forgive others. Allah is the most loving, so love others. 

These are traits Allah flawlessly possessed, which are reasons for his perfection. They are the reasons we love him. Though we, as his creation, cannot ever achieve perfection, we can imitate some of his qualities to the best of our ability to become as close as possible to it.

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ٨ ٨
Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He hathe mostst beautifunames.s.
[Surah Taha, 8]

Notice how Allah immediately mentions that he has the beautiful names after reminding us of the most important concept iIslam, Tawhid. d.d. The belief that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah is what makes us MuslimsAn Allah,ah directlafter it,it reminded us of his names. That is how beautiful they are. That is how important they are to study, reflect, and be influenced by. Wshould liveve remembering Allah's names.

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 Names are our foremost introduction through which we build connections and remember each other, but what about the names of Allah SWT, for HIM are the all beautiful names. Think about the beautiful name of Allah SWT, ٱلْقَوِيُّ  meaning the one who commands all power and whose strength is unparalleled to anything else. His strength is truly unlimited and inexhaustible. Man's strength does not compare to that of Allah the Almighty.
This name is beautifully mentioned in Quran a total of nine time.
'And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might.'— (Qur'an 33:25)
When we see this genocide and the brutal killing of our brothers, sisters and children around the world and specially in Gaza and our heart shatter into pieces then at that time of sorrow we should remember that All the POWERS belongs to ALLAH SWT. HE rules all the kingdom, and he is giving time to these disbelievers to punish them severely at a specific time. This name give solace and courage to the believers that no matter, only ALLAH SWT has all the powers and only ALLAH SWT is sufficient for the believers in battle.
 رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِم صَبْراً وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَهُم وَٱنصُرْهُم عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
May ALLAH SWT bless them with sabr and victory over the disbelievers. Ameen

#ReflectingInCrisis

No matter what the calamity maybe. Ease is in knowing who Allāh is. 

For example; when we think we’ve reached a dead end in life, trapped in our circumstances. Allāh’s name Al-Fattah (The Opener) teaches us; Allāh can break down walls  even when there are no doors. 

Or when Allāh makes a promise, we are sure it will happen because He is Al-Haqq (The Truthful) and He relies on His own abilities to fulfil a promise because He is Al-Khaliq (The Creator). 

Or the times when the results have not gone to plan, but you still have hope in Allāh’s reward because He knows you have tried even when you have failed, as He is Al-Alim. 

Therefore, difficulty is not always in the difficulty, but rather it is in not connecting our selves with who Allāh is. 

Truly to Allāh belongs the most beautiful names, we do not have the ability to praise Him and He is as He praised Himself.

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How many times Allah gave me comfort when people misunderstood me.
how many times  He gave me the courage to speak up for myself.
how many times He justified me In someone's mind without letting me know.
how many Times HE subtly corrected me.
how many times HE guided me how my behaviour with people should be  more gentle.
how many times He made me develop positive thoughts about others.
how many times He reminded me to remember him in anxious times.

That's Al wali. ❤ 

    

When I read this quote by Sister YasminMogahed, it made me view the dhikr of 'La illaha il Allah' in a totally new light:

'The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).' Yasmin Mogahed

When you do this dhikr, imagine that every time you say 'La illaha' your heart is emptying out all that is distracting it from Allah, like a cup spilling out its contents. 

And when you say 'il Allah', it refills with only Allah. 

This dhikr is a constant emptying of what is bad and refilling with what is good. A removal of shirk, and the entrance of tawheed. A continual purification of the heart.

This Name brings together all of His attributes such that when you call on Him by this Name, you are bringing together all of His magnificent attributes. When we say 'Allahumma' (اللهم), we are calling out to God Almighty. In Arabic, when you call out to someone you say 'ya'(يا), and here, the ‘m’ (م) at the end takes its place. Ibn Al-Qayyim says that when someone calls to God Almighty saying, 'Allahumma I ask you…' the person is saying, 'I am asking God who possesses the Best Names and the Highest attributes by those Names and attributes.' So when you say ‘Allah’, know that you are calling the One who possesses all the greatest attributes. This Name is unique because it is God's alone. His other Names are also attributes by which people are sometimes described, but this Name can only refer to Him. According to Imam Al-Ghazali, may God have mercy on him, this is the greatest of God's Almighty Names. It is the Name most mentioned in the Qur’an, and it is the Name that is mentioned in every hadith (tradition of the Prophet ﷺ, peace be upon him) that talks about God’s greatest Name.

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