Suzy Ismail – #38 AlKabeer

			Santa Monica, it's nice to see you
again as we continue to bring the
		

			divine into the deli by
understanding how we can
		

			incorporate the 99 names of Allah
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			characteristics of those names
into our daily lives to improve
		

			our relationships with our spouse,
and with our children. The name
		

			that we're going to discuss today
is El Kabir. Which when we speak
		

			about Allah subhanaw taala, and
then this attribute, we understand
		

			that it means that Allah is the
Greatest or the most great when we
		

			stand in our salah, and we raise
our hands up and we say Allahu
		

			Akbar, it's a reminder that again,
not just that Allah is great, but
		

			that he is Al Kabir, the greatest.
And in standing in that prayer and
		

			raising our hands upwards, we're
reminding ourselves as well, that
		

			Allah subhanaw taala is greater
than anything else in our lives,
		

			he is greater than our
difficulties, He's greater than
		

			our challenges, he is greater than
the test that we endure in this
		

			dunya. However, you know, from a
parent's perspective, or even from
		

			a spouse perspective, oftentimes
when we enter into our salah, and
		

			we raise our hands and we begin
with Allahu Akbar, calling upon
		

			Allah subhanaw taala by his name
of Al Kabir, a million other
		

			thoughts enter into our heads, it
becomes the period of time where
		

			we're thinking, you know, did I
feed my children did I turn off
		

			the stovetop, what my husband said
to me, the other day starts to
		

			come into my mind, what my wife
said to me may start to affect my
		

			thoughts, whether or not I paid
the bills, whether or not the
		

			grass guy is supposed to come and
cut the lawn, whether or not the
		

			cleaning person is supposed to
come, a million thoughts come into
		

			our minds, as soon as we raise our
hands and say, Allahu Akbar. And
		

			yet that raising of the hands is
that reminder that Allah is
		

			greater than any of those things.
Allah is greater than the thoughts
		

			of the mundane of the dunya that
may enter our head thought our
		

			head into that into that moment.
And sometimes, you know, when we
		

			are in the heat of an argument
with a spouse, when we are talking
		

			to our children, but they're being
difficult, or we're having trouble
		

			in getting them to see our
viewpoint. Sometimes that's the
		

			hardest time to be able to clear
our minds. And yet, it's the exact
		

			time that we need to do so when
our children are acting difficult,
		

			will often say it's time for a
timeout, and we'll give them that
		

			space, we'll give them that time
to think about their actions in
		

			the hopes that they'll come back
and change whatever behavior they
		

			were doing that was inappropriate,
or that we didn't like. Yet. For
		

			us as adults, many times we don't
give ourselves that timeout. We
		

			don't take away from the rush and
the runaround, in order to address
		

			that which is most important. And
our Salah is just that. Our Salah
		

			is our timeout, it's our
opportunity to step away from the
		

			everyday to step away from the
busyness that consumes our lives.
		

			And to truly remind ourselves that
Allahu Akbar, Allah is Al Kabir,
		

			that he is greater than all else.
So the next time we experienced
		

			difficulty, we are struggling. We
get into a heated debate or an
		

			argument with our spouse, we are
trying to get our children to
		

			understand something and they're
just not understanding. Take a
		

			timeout and raise your hands up
and remind yourself of who is the
		

			greatest and that He Allah
subhanaw taala is greater than any
		

			difficulty we may be going through
in that moment. So I pray that
		

			Allah subhanaw taala LKB eases our
difficulties for us. The guides us
		

			every step of the way, and allows
us to truly experience serenity
		

			and tranquility when we raise our
hands and Salah and begin with
		

			Allahu Akbar, to the Komodo head
and I look forward to speaking to
		

			you again as we continue to bring
the divine into the daily. That's
		

			what I'm Aleykum