Suzy Ismail – #43 AlKarim

			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
subhanaw taala into our daily
		

			lives to improve the relationship
with our families. The name that
		

			we're going to talk about today is
El Karim, which means the most
		

			generous. When we think of
generosity, we often think of
		

			generosity in terms of the custom
of the home of opening our homes
		

			to people, of feeding people of
inviting them in. Well, that is
		

			one type of generosity. Without a
doubt, there's a different type of
		

			cudham that we can incorporate
into our daily lives. And that's
		

			the generosity of our words. Many
times it's easy to criticize our
		

			spouse, it's easy to criticize our
children, it's easy to point to
		

			the shortcomings in each of them.
But when we are generous with our
		

			words, it becomes easier for us to
give the words of kindness and the
		

			words of kindness towards a spouse
towards a child, the words of
		

			encouragement, the words of
pointing out that which we like
		

			that which we admire, that which
we appreciate, can often carry a
		

			great deal of weight. And
sometimes that type of cut on that
		

			type of generosity is harder for
us to give than the generosity of
		

			opening our homes, or the
generosity of giving food or the
		

			generosity of giving money or
buying gifts. And we see this
		

			particularly with our children,
when we sometimes try to
		

			overcompensate for time that we're
not able to spend with our
		

			children, or maybe sometimes for
an inability to give in the
		

			kindness of the words. And in
those cases, a lot of times,
		

			again, we miss out on the
opportunity to be generous, to be
		

			generous with our love. So I urge
you all to take this moment, to be
		

			generous with your words, to reach
over to your child and hug that
		

			child to reach over to your spouse
and to hug that spouse and to give
		

			a kind word, a word of reminder as
to why you love the people in your
		

			life that Allah subhanaw taala has
blessed you with. And I pray that
		

			Allah subhanaw taala al Karim
always allows us to experience his
		

			generosity, his bounty, and his
giving in terms of our blessings
		

			and our bottlecap does not come a
little higher. And I look forward
		

			to speaking to you again as we
continue to bring the divine into
		

			the daily cinematical.