Suzy Ismail – #02 ArRahman
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Cemani Gump, we're back again for the first official episode of how
we can incorporate the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala. And the
characteristics of the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala into our own
lives in order to better our relationships, better our
marriages, better our connection with our children with our
families. Today, the very first name that we are going to discuss
and relate to our lives is the name of Allah when Allah subhanaw
taala commands us to call upon him frequently throughout the day with
Bismillah R Rahman Rahim. And those two names are recommended
Rahim are the first to have the name 99 Names of Allah subhanaw
taala that we are going to embark upon and begin to understand what
does the word or Rockman mean? It's often translated as the most
compassionate or the Most Gracious. But the word man, as in
many of the words in the Arabic language is very rich and has more
meanings and can be encompassed in just one word, as we would see
normally in the English language. So if we look at as a human, as
the Most Compassionate, The Most Gracious, what does that mean for
us on a day to day, in our day to day lives? What does it mean for
us and how we interact with others. Now, when we talk about
compassion, we will often equate the word compassion with kindness
will often say that oh, you know, be kind and compassionate. But the
reality is that compassion goes far beyond simply being kind.
Compassion is about having empathy. Compassion is about
understanding someone's situation, and being able to view it from
their perspective. So when you have a husband and a wife, for
example, who are consistently arguing, you know, in these days
of Ramadan when our fuses are a little bit short, and we try to
check our tempers, but sometimes our tongues may get the best of
us, maybe there is an argument that consistently occurs about
who's coming over for Iftar, or what food is being made for if
thought, now, if a husband is consistently asking for specific
food items, or for specific people to be over, or different
interactions, and the wife may be responding, and saying that, you
know, this is too much for me, or I can't, I've been cooking every
day, you know, this is the moment where compassion needs to come
into place. This is the moment where we can think of Allah
subhanaw taala, as a rough man, the one who is most compassionate,
Most Gracious, and we can bring it into our day to day lives. By
implementing compassion in that type of a scenario. How can the
compassion be implemented? In that moment, if the husband were to
look at the wife and to say, I understand, you have been doing a
lot these past few days that Amazon is hard on all of us, take
a break, let's order in food. If the wife looks at the husband with
compassion, and says, I understand you've been working hard, and you
enjoy breaking fast, not just with us as a family, but with others
from the community as well. Let's invite people but let's keep it
simple. In this way, both husband and wife are showing compassion to
each other. And it's just as important to show that compassion
to our children, as we're raising them as we're encouraging them as
they're growing, as they're learning how to fast as well to be
compassionate, which goes beyond just kindness and into the realm
of graciousness as well, which means we treat our family members,
our spouses, our children with that type of understanding that is
rooted in empathy, because this is one of the characteristics of
Allah subhanaw taala. However, Rockman does a common law here and
thank you so much for coming and joining me on our episode for
today in sha Allah I hope to see you in tomorrow's episode as we
look into the Name of Allah, where we say R Rahman r Rahim. Assalamu
Aleikum