Bilal Philips – Quranic Reflections #02

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			This is another verse from the Quranic reflections series. And it is from surah, Al Fatiha, the
first chapter of the Quran.
		

			And it also happens to be the first verse of the Quran, Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil aalameen. All praise
is due to Allah, the Lord of All the Worlds.
		

			The first point of reflection
		

			is what could be called
		

			the attitude of gratitude.
		

			Because all praise all thanks is due to Allah, this is addressing the issue of gratitude.
		

			And this is repeated 17 times every day.
		

			And Allah chose Alhamdulillah the first phrase,
		

			all gratitude is due to Allah for a reason.
		

			And that reason, is because we are in great need of being
		

			thankful.
		

			Gratitude should be our attitude.
		

			The second point of reflection,
		

			is the benefit which comes out of having this attitude of gratitude.
		

			We know
		

			all around us people are caught up in various
		

			stages and states of depression.
		

			Suicide is at an all time high.
		

			When we look into these issues of depression and suicide, most of the times you will see that there
are a result of people being unable to find good in their lives to be thankful for. So you will hear
them saying nothing's going right. There's no benefit coming from this life. This life is a life of,
of problems and
		

			and they can't see any good.
		

			And because of that, they're not able to give thanks for any good when in fact there is much good in
their lives. And because of their inability, then
		

			they end up in states of depression. And
		

			suicide is at its highest point of reflection number three
		

			from Alhamdulillah hero rabbil aalameen
		

			is that we need to revive
		

			the Sunnah of sujood a sugar
		

			so Judah Shakur was a sunnah moussaka of Rasul Allah salatu salam
		

			as soon as he did all the time, regularly.
		

			This sujood means frustration. a shocker means
		

			thankfulness. The frustration for Thankfulness is something that the Prophet SAW Salem used to do
regularly, whenever any good cane
		

			or any bad was averted.
		

			The Prophet SAW Salah would fall down into frustration and thank Allah for His mercy and His
blessings.
		

			And this should be a part of our lives.
		

			Many people never even heard of it.
		

			And others who have heard about don't do it.
		

			We only see it when we watch football and soccer and some Muslim players when they score a goal they
fall down and prostrate. We say oh Masha, Allah, masha Allah, but we don't apply it in our own
lives.
		

			And this is very important. That's Judas Shakur doesn't require you to have wudu you don't have to
actually face
		

			qibla in case you don't know, where is the Qibla at the time, wherever.
		

			You just make that frustration to develop a positive attitude to overcome negativity, which builds
up in all of our lives.
		

			BarakAllahu ecom Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh