Suzy Ismail – #33 AlHaleem

It's nice to see you again as we continue to bring the divine into

the daily by understanding how we can incorporate the

characteristics of the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala into our

daily lives, to improve our relationships with our spouse and

with our children. So the name that we're going to discuss today

is Hallie, which means the one who has the most forbearance, or the

one who grants clemency?

What does that mean to have forbearance or to grant clemency?

We see that when we explore the names of Allah subhanaw taala, we

begin to understand that there are many names that mean, the one who

grants forgiveness, or the one who gives forgiveness, you know, we

have the name of Allah for Allah for, and several other names. And

we see that those names of Allah subhanaw taala, that speak to us

of forgiveness are many different shades of the concept of

forgiveness. And when we think of the one who grants forbearance, it

means the one who patiently awaits us who have sinned or who have

committed wrong to ask for that forgiveness. And so how do we

incorporate forbearance or clemency in our own relationships?

Many times when we are wronged, or when someone hurts us, or when a

spouse says a spiteful word, or a child acts out or is

disrespectful, we request from that person to apologize right

away. So we may say, say sorry, now, why are you not saying I'm

sorry, ask for forgiveness. And we want that immediate response,

where the person recognizes that they've done something wrong, and

that they asked for that forgiveness. But the reality is

that sometimes the ego needs for us to step back a little bit. And

as much as we try so hard to control our egos to not allow our

egos or our arrogance to get the best of us. At times when we hurt

someone when we wrong. Someone it takes a little bit of time. For us

to recognize that wrong, it takes a little bit of time for us to be

able to approach the person that we've wronged, and ask for that

person's forgiveness, when we are in the position of the one that

has wronged granting forbearance, or having forbearance or granting

clemency means that we step back a little bit, and we realize that

this person will recognize that they have wronged us, this person

will recognize that they have heard us and they will come back

and apologize, or they will seek forgiveness from Allah subhanaw

taala and also, hopefully seek forgiveness from the one that they

have wronged. But that takes time. And so having forbearance means

having that patience, having that ability to step back and recognize

that it may not be on our time that someone asked for forgiveness

or apologizes. It may just be on the time that it takes them to

realize the wrong they've done to realize that they've heard us to

come back and to apologize. So I pray that Allah subhanaw, Taala

and Haleem grants us all that sense of forbearance in our

relationships with our spouse and with our children, so that we can

be patient so that we can understand where they are coming

from, even when they may hurt us with an unkind word or in acts in

a way that is disrespectful. So does that come along and fade I

look forward to speaking to you again, as we continue to bring the

divine into the daily Solomonic