Suzy Ismail – #13 AlBari

Santa Monica, it's nice to see you again on this last night of

Ramadan. As we continue on our journey of exploring the 99 names

of Allah subhanaw taala, and bringing the divine

characteristics of Allah into our daily lives to improve our

relationships, and our family life. The name that we're going to

discuss today is L bear.

The meaning of L bear is the designer, or the one who designs

the form imperfection.

It's very common for us to look at our own forms to look in the

mirror and to sometimes question. It's very common for our teenagers

for youth to do the same. So how many times have we seen our

teenagers maybe looking in the mirror and saying something like,

oh, I have a huge pimple or I look horrible? Oh, I look hideous. And

many times our response as parents is to brush that off, or to say

you're fine. But the reality is, our children also pick up the cues

from us in terms of how they view themselves. So how many times have

we as parents, and particularly as mothers looked in the mirror as

well, and said something like, oh, I look so fat today, or, I hate

the way I look in this, or Oh, my goodness, I really need to lose

another 20 pounds, Oh, if only I could change this, if only I could

do that. Without realizing these self criticisms become the

soundtrack for our children's lives as well. So that when they

hit those teenage years, those years of puberty when their bodies

are changing, when their faces are changing, when their skin is

changing, it becomes a mantra that becomes part of their lives as

well. So we'll begin to hear the comments of self criticism, the

comments of how they don't like the way they look. But Allah

subhanaw Medina, and Barrett, the most perfect designer has created

us in that state of perfection in terms of how we look. And one way

to ensure that our children begin to embody that sense of self love,

that sense of self worth is for us to model it for our children, and

even better for us to model it to one another as a couple, husband

and wife. So husbands as your families begin to prepare for

AIDS, as your wife begins to pick out her outfit as your children

pick out their outfits, be sure to provide those compliments, to

remind them of how beautiful they look, and how perfect they are in

the fact that Allah subhanaw taala is the most perfect of all

creators, wives, as your husband's put on their aid outfits, as they,

you know, fix themselves and put on the Cologne and try to beautify

themselves on the day of aid. Don't forget to tell them that you

appreciate the fact that Allah subhanaw taala has blessed you

with someone that has their inner beauty as well as the external

beauty. It's not just women who need to hear those compliments,

but our husbands need to hear that as well. And even more

importantly, our children need to hear it. So I pray that Allah

subhanaw taala continues to remind us all of how beautiful we truly

are on the inside and the out. I pray that Allah subhanaw taala

allows us to remind one another our sisters, our brothers, our

siblings, our spouses, our friends, our community members

have their beauty, their inner beauty and their outer beauty. And

I pray that Allah subhanaw taala blesses you blesses your families,

and that he ends this Ramadan on a beautiful note for all of you.

Does that come a low head and I look forward to seeing you all

tomorrow in sha Allah on the day of aid as we continue our journey

and understanding the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala Isetta mahalo