Suzy Ismail – #09 AlAziz

Salam Alikum it's nice to see you all again, as we continue with our

series of bringing the Divine Names of Allah subhanaw taala into

our daily lives to improve our relationships with our spouses and

with our children.

Today, the name that we're going to explore is the name of Allah

Azeez, which means the one with honor or the most honorable. Now,

when we think of honor, we often equate honor with the honor apply

towards the marriage vows or the honor within the marriage

relationship, honor towards husband and wife. But honor also

extends in the family realm to our children.

It's frequently heard that in the past, children honor their parents

in a way that was much more respectful than what we see today

will often hear that the level of respect shown to the parents, the

level of honor towards the parents was incomparable, maybe 10 years,

20 years 30 years ago to what it is today. Why is that? What is it

about the aspect of honor that our children today may be losing sight

of or may be having difficulty with?

It's undoubtable, of course, that we live in a world where our

children are consumed and bombarded with really self

motivation. We've got our iPhones and our iPods and our iTunes and

iPads and surrounded in a world that's very narcissistic, that

narcissism often allows our children to feel like the world is

all about pleasing them. The world is all about their neffs and their

desires. And this of course, is a very negative path in which our

children might go down, because it is a path that leads to a giving

in have desires, a feeding of desires, a feeding of the neffs,

and a growing of arrogance and ego. So bringing honor back into

our lives, bringing honor back into our children's lives, begins

with allowing our children to experience what it really means to

have that parental respect. What it means to not say off to our

parents, as the Quran commands us what it means to elevate our

parents to a place where the connection with them is one that

is built upon honor and respect.

You know, when we think of alliances, oftentimes another

chapter of the Quran also comes to mind. And it's the chapter of

students Youssef, where we are given the narration of what

happened to the Prophet Yusuf alayhi salam, when the wife of

Allah disease analysis was the chief minister of Egypt at the

time, when his wife was well I put so you know, use as the prophet

uses into a very compromising situation. Now, Prophet Youssef,

as a child was

experienced a great deal of jealousy from his brothers. And in

that jealousy that sibling rivalry, it caused them to act in

a way that, of course, was incredibly detrimental in throwing

their brother into the well, and coming home to their father, and

saying that he had been eaten by a wolf. The brothers acted out their

sibling rivalry, of course, in a way that showed no honor in a way

that showed no respect. And in lying to their father, even as he

wept in front of them, they continue to live out that life

without honor that act without respect.

And in the well, once the use of family history was brought up in a

bucket by a caravan a man who was a part of a caravan that was

trading, the man was taken aback, and thought, wow, this is my lucky

day. I now have someone that I can trade in as a slave or sell as a

servant. And so the Prophet Yusuf Ali has said, was sold to ally

Aziz, the man who was the chief minister of Egypt, the man grew to

love. So you'd know Youssef, because he was kind, He was

compassionate. And he had more on his face light on his face, and he

was honorable. His actions always maintained honor.

And then there came a time when zuleikha The wife of a disease

began to cover it. So you'd know Yusef and to feel that she had

every right to seduce this gentleman who she saw, was

honorable who she saw had light and respect in his character.

And yet in a situation, she reached out to him and pulled the

shirt off of the back of say, you'd let us

and in that moment, Allah subhanaw taala sent help to the Prophet

Yusuf in the form of the husband of zuleikha al Aziz, opening the

door with one of his relatives by his side.

And in that moment, in the questioning of Satan, the use of

the relative looked at the shirt and said, If the shirt is ripped

from the back

Back then it is zuleikha who has to do STEM. But if the shirt is

from the front, then we'll know that zuleikha is telling the truth

and that it was Yousef who initiated and of course the shirt

was ripped from the back, because you said was an honorable man and

eventually saving him from this trial. Allah subhanaw taala

preserve the honor of Youssef, by allowing him to spend time in a

prison.

And for us, when we look at our daily lives, sometimes what seems

like a prison can actually be salvation from Allah subhanaw

taala. Sometimes I'm trying to maintain our honor, sometimes and

trying to maintain the honor of our families, we may find

ourselves in a situation that seems very difficult, may be under

Financial duress may be under difficulties with family may be in

difficulties at work, or in other realms. But in the end, it is

Allah subhanaw taala Allah Aziz, who protects our honor, who gives

us that sense of honor, and who we look to as the most honorable

always. So I pray that Allah subhanaw taala keeps that is that

an honor in our lives, and protects our honor for us for our

family, and it really integrates in our children's lives, that

sense of honor towards their parents, just like on the law

here, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow as we speak about the

next name of the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala salamati Go